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By Pamela [email protected]

A 25-year-old Warren County man was shot and killed at about 4 this morn-ing, and a local teen, the son of the victim’s live-in girlfriend, is being charged

with his death, Sheriff Martin Pace said.

Timo-thy Wayne Harmon, 3400 U.S. 80, Lot 4, died

immediately from a single

gunshot to the chest, said Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey.

Huskey ordered an autopsy, required by law in death investigations, which he said

would probably take place Friday.

Jeremy Blake Bowlin, 18, of the same address, was arrested at the home, Pace said. A homicide charge is expected to be added to bur-glary-related charges for which he is scheduled to be tried in March. He was being held in the Warren County Jail without bond and was expected to appear in court for an initial hearing Friday.

Deputies were called to the trailer park just east of New-mans Road when neighbors

reported shots fired “at or near” the home, Pace said. They found Harmon’s body in the doorway of the home.

Pace said Harmon was the live-in boyfriend of Jeremy Bowlin’s mother, Christine Bowlin, 37. It was unclear how long Harmon and Christine Bowlin had lived together, he said.

“It appears that some type of argument had occurred between Harmon and Jeremy Bowlin, and just before 4 o’clock this morn-ing Bowlin fired a high-pow-

ered hunting rifle and shot Harmon in the chest,” the sheriff said.

The weapon was recov-ered, Pace said, as well as other weapons, which inves-tigators were cataloging to determine ownership. Pace would not comment on whether Harmon was armed or whether Jeremy Bowlin might have acted in self-defense.

“We cannot go into any details or speculate at this

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By Emily Wagster PettusThe Associated Press

JACKSON — Hank Holcomb likes to drive his golf cart to church or the coun-try club in his Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Diamondhead.

He said he uses the cart on private roads but doesn’t ven-ture out onto public roads because that’s not legal in Mississippi.

“Some people do it, anyway,” Holcomb said. “But me, I’m not a lawbreaker.”

Holcomb and some other coast resi-dents were at the state Capitol on Wednesday asking for a change in state law.

They want legislators to consider let-ting cities or counties authorize the use of low-speed vehicles, such as the carts, on roads where the speed limit is 35 mph or slower.

The House Transportation Committee vice chairman, Democrat Donnie Belaid

By Mary Margaret [email protected]

United Way of West Central Mississippi has received a grant of nearly $150,000 to offer basic money-management classes in five Mississippi counties beginning in March.

“Our target is to reach 435 people,” said the chap-ter’s executive director, Barbara Tolliver. “Not only are we hoping to reach parents, but their teenag-ers need to learn, too.”

The target area is Warren, Claiborne, Yazoo, Sharkey and Issaquena counties, she said.

The $149,625 grant was awarded in December by United Way Worldwide and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Tol-liver said, after she com-pleted the application in October. She did not know how many chapters applied for the grant.

The program’s goal, Toll-

iver said, is to send a grant coordinator and an assis-tant into the five counties during a two-year period, find residents who would most benefit and teach them about handling their personal finances.

“Most of these people

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Prosecutorfirst to filefor electionBy Danny Barrett [email protected]

County Prosecutor Richard Johnson became the first candidate to qualify for a spot on this year’s general election ballot, the first of many incumbents expected to run this year.

Johnson, 56, seeks a third term as lead pros-ecutor in cases involving county ordinances and in youth and justice court cases. The county pros-ecutor also advises grand jurors on questions of law. He was unopposed in his previous two elections.

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Re-enactors marching in for Saturday showBy Pamela [email protected]

UTICA — Cattle farmer Burt Strickland knew he was on the right track doing Civil War re-enactments when a tourist couple

from New York asked him if any battles had been fought on Mis-sissippi soil.

Strickland was taking courses at Mississippi State University and was at Columbus Air Force Base a number of years ago with

a living history group when he was approached by the couple.

“They thought the Union sol-diers just got off the boat and

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Six picked up for sale of cocaineBy Ben [email protected] Mary Margaret [email protected]

Six Vicksburg men were in the Issaquena County Jail this morning after a roundup of suspected cocaine opera-tives in the city Wednesday, police said.

“This was a success-ful operation because we arrested all six men safely,” Vicksburg Police Chief Walter Armstrong said, “Community involvement played an important role in these arrests.”

He said the arrests came after a six-month investigation.

The six men, all charged with sale of cocaine, were identified as Derrick Thomas, 31, 610 Martin St.; Antonio Thomas, 27, 902 Blossom Lane; Caris London, 28, 1614 First East St.; Keith Wilson, 28, 124 Lovers Lane; Frederick Hill, 28, 1720 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; and Vance Gray, 28, 902 Cairo Drive, were arrested across the city throughout the day.

Wilson and Antonio Thomas were arrested at their homes around 10 a.m.; Derrick Thomas was arrested at Third North and First East streets around 10 a.m.; London was arrested at 1900 Baldwin Ferry Road just after 9 a.m.; Hill was arrested at 1009 First North St. around 1 p.m.; and Gray was arrested at 1950 Hope St. just after 9 a.m.

During the arrests, police found about $600 in crack cocaine, two handguns and $750.

Antonio Thomas, London and Gray were being held

pending an initial court hearing.

The other three were already out on previous charges and were being held without bond.

• Derrick Thomas is being held for the Mississippi Department of Corrections because he was on proba-tion for a conviction in a 1999 armed robbery.

• Hill has a hold from MDOC for a conviction for auto burglary in March.

• Wilson had been indicted by a Warren County grand

jury in July for the sale of cocaine and was out on a $10,000 bond while awaiting trial.

Two local men heldfor probation violation

Two Vicksburg men were being held in the Warren County Jail without bond this morning after being arrested for probation violation.

Jacob Barrett, 20, 205 Bell Bottom Road, was arrested Wednesday at 5:25 p.m.

Gregory Brown, 41, 2615 Togo St., was arrested at 5:50 p.m. Wednesday.

County man jailedfor grand larceny

A county man was in the Warren County Jail this morning after being charged with grand larceny.

Billy Joe Love, Jr., 28, 609 Redbone Road, was arrested by Vicksburg police in the 2100 block of U.S. 61 North Wednesday at 4:20 p.m.

He is accused of taking guns, tools and jewelry from a relative and pawning them, said Lt. Bobby Stewart.

Bond was set at $25,000.

2 Yazoo residentsinjured in wreck

Two Yazoo City men were taken to River Region Medi-cal Center after a wreck at U.S. 61 North and Mississippi 3 at about noon Wednesday.

Arthur Darling, 47, 743 Shady Drive, and James Darling, 47, 300 E. 16th St., were treated and released, a spokesman for the hospital said this morning.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMSSisters by Choice — Thurs-day meeting canceled; next meeting 6 p.m. Feb. 3; Por-ters Chapel United Method-ist Church, 200 Porters Chapel Road.Levi’s — A Gathering Place; 7-10 p.m. Saturday, music by Old Habits; donations appre-ciated. Explore Spiders — Children’s program, 10 a.m. Jan. 15, for

ages 6-8; 2 p.m. for ages 9-12; preregistration and payment required to hold spot; each class $10; 601-442-2901 or e-mail [email protected]; Historic Jefferson College.Dr. Martin Luther King Pa-rade — 2 p.m. Jan. 17; theme, Keeping the Dream Alive; do-nations and sponsors, call Syl-vester Walker, 601-678-8263 or 601-638-1251.

BENEFITSAffairs of the Heart — 7 p.m. Feb. 4-5; inspirational music and entertainment by local artists, choirs and individuals; tickets available at the door $10-5, group rates available; Parkside Playhouse, 101 Iowa Ave.; benefits Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary.

CHURCHESPleasant Valley M.B. — La-dies auxiliary meeting, 6:30 p.m. Friday; 2585 N. Washing-ton St.Pleasant Valley M.B. — All you can eat breakfast, 8 a.m. Saturday; registration for the Vicksburg Branch of the Trin-ity Theological Seminary, 6-8 p.m. Thursday; classes start at 6 p.m. Jan. 13; 601-661-5632, 601-638-3062 or 601-636-2407; 260 Mississippi 27.Triumphant Baptist — Food distribution, 9-11 a.m. Satur-day; picture ID, Social Security card for each family member and proof of income; 601-638-8135; Outreach House, 74 Sce-nic Drive.Zion Travelers M.B. — Busi-ness meeting, 3 p.m. Saturday; 1701 Poplar St.

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9597, or Dorothy Holmes, 601-638-5284; sponsored by National Association of Ne-gro Business and Professional Women’s Club.Great River Chapter, Ameri-can Society of Military Comptrollers — Applications being accepted for $1,000 scholarship to a local high school senior pursuing a busi-ness-related degree; must be postmarked by March 31; ap-plications available through high school guidance depart-ments; Carol Watkins, 601-638-6439.Vicksburg Housing Author-ity — Career Services Center available to all residents of the Vicksburg Housing Author-ity; Cathy or Joseph, 601-631-01025 or 601-415-0134.

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Barbour preparingfor State of State

JACKSON (AP) — Gov. Haley Barbour will outline his legislative priorities during his State of the State address next week.

The speech is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the House cham-ber at the state Capitol.

Mississippi Public Broad-casting will carry the speech live on television and radio.

Barbour, a Republican, is in his eighth and final year as governor and has said he’s

thinking of running for president in 2012.

He tradi-tionally uses the State of t h e S t a t e sp e e c h t o

discuss what the state has

accomplished and what he would like lawmakers to do in the coming year.

Taking their oaths of office Wednesday for new four-year terms are, from left, Warren County Judges Johnny Price, 9th Circuit Judge M. James Chaney and 9th Circuit

Judge Isadore Patrick. The three were sworn in by Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree at the Warren County Courthouse.

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CRIME & ACCIdENTfrom staff reports

Senate Oks chaplainafter extended debateBy Shelia ByrdThe Associated Press

JACKSON — All the Mis-sissippi Senate leadership wanted to do was to autho-rize the chamber’s first offi-cial chaplain, but the pro-posal touched off debate over Christian values and putting the faith into practice through legislation.

The resolution, which passed with no senators voting against it Wednesday, autho-rizes a chaplain to serve on a yearly basis. The chaplain is selected by Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and will be on duty at least one day a week, said Senate President Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport.

The Rev. Ben James, pastor of Prentiss Baptist Church, has been chosen for the unpaid position. Hewes said having a chaplain for the Senate “makes a statement.”

“Our Christianity is under attack, and I think this is a way for us to make a state-ment that faith in our lives is very important,” Hewes said.

Sen. Alice Harden, D-Jack-son, was among a handful of lawmakers who questioned the need for a chaplain since each day the Senate opens with prayer from a visit-ing minister selected by a member. She also said mem-

bers should have some input in who’s selected.

“I have been insulted in this chamber by ministers who get up and pray for the men in this chamber and made deroga-tory remarks about some of us in here,” Harden said.

“I think as Christian people we ought to walk the walk rather than talk the talk,” Harden said. “With the leg-islation I have seen passed in this chamber a lot of it is unbearable.”

This week, Bryant officially announced his bid for the Republican nomination for governor. Hewes announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor. Both have touted their conservative and reli-gious views.

About 30 other states have chaplains who serve in legis-latures. The House does not have a chaplain.

Gov. Haley Barbour

‘I think as Christian

people we ought to walk the

walk rather than talk the talk.’

SEn. ALICE HARDEn

Sen. Alice Harden

House fails to overridegovernor’s wind pool vetoBy Shelia ByrdThe Associated Press

JACKSON — The Mis-sissippi House has failed to override a governor’s veto of legislation that would have placed a $20 million subsidy into a state wind pool insur-ance fund.

The vote Wednesday was 68-52 in favor of an over-ride, but at least 80 votes were needed for a two-thirds majority. Gov. Haley Barbour vetoed the proposal in May.

The $20 million would come from the Hurricane Disas-ter Relief Fund. In his veto message, Barbour had said the fund might have to be tapped to repay $400 million in federal hazard mitigation expenses.

The Mississippi Wind-storm Underwriting Associa-tion, called the wind pool, is

the insurer of last resort for property in high-risk areas.

After Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, rates by private insurance com-panies rose sharply. Some property owners have relied on the wind pool because they’ve been unable to find affordable private insurance.

Legislators said wind pool rates are expected to remain steady this year. Supporters of the proposal said the $20 million subsidy would help the fund remain stable.

The Disaster Relief Fund was created to provide state match money for federal funding received in the after-math of Katrina.

Some Republican Gulf Coast legislators said the money should remain in the fund.

The Senate hasn’t acted on Barbour’s veto.

Ex-N.O. airport chief says guilty to fraudNEW ORLEANS (AP) —

The former director of avia-tion at New Orleans’ Louis Armstrong International Air-port pleaded guilty Wednes-day to obstruction of justice for his role in a Hurricane

Katrina insurance fraud case.Sean Hunter and his wife,

Shauna Crowden Hunter, were charged in federal court with conspiring to profit from a bogus insurance claim.

Shauna Hunter falsely

reported to her insurance com-pany that her new BMW had been destroyed in the storm and received $3,442, according to the indictment.

Sentencing is set for May 11 for Sean Hunter.

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Panel: Oil spill could happen againNEW ORLEANS (AP) —

Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presi-dential panel that has the com-panies involved in the nation’s largest offshore oil spill point-ing fingers at each other again.

In a 48-page excerpt of its final report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, the com-mission described systemic problems within the offshore oil and gas industry and gov-ernment regulators who over-see it. It also said such a disas-ter could happen again without significant reforms.

The full report is due to the president Jan. 11. But key ques-tions will remain, namely: Why didn’t a hulking piece of equip-

ment that sat at the wellhead and was supposed to choke off the flow of oil in the event of a blowout do its job? Fed-eral investigators analyzing the blowout preventer at a

NASA facility in New Orleans aren’t expected to finish until February.

The Justice Department con-tinues its own investigation, as does a joint U.S. Coast Guard-Bureau of Ocean Energy Man-agement, Regulation and Enforcement panel.

The oil spill commission said poor decisions led to techni-cal problems that contributed to the April 20 accident that killed 11 people and led to more than 200 million gallons of oil spewing from BP’s well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Inquiries by BP and Congress have found the same.

BP, Halliburton and Trans-ocean, the three key companies involved, each made individual decisions that increased risks of a blowout but saved signifi-cant time or money.

Scott sisters to be released Friday,will move in with family in FloridaBy Holbrook MohrThe Associated Press

JACKSON — Two Missis-sippi sisters, whose life sen-tences for armed robbery were suspended last week on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other, will be released from prison Friday.

Jamie and Gladys Scott will be released from the state prison in Rankin County, just east of Jackson and from there they’ll head to Florida, Correc-tions Commissioner Chris Epps said.

“We’ll coordinate transpor-tation with the sisters’ family,” Epps said today. “I have been told that the family is going to

pick them up. If not, we will get them to Florida.”

Epps said the sisters would be formally told of their release today. He said Jamie Scott would undergo a dialysis treat-ment today.

“I have been told by our med-ical staff that she would have

no problem traveling by car to Pensacola,” Epps said.

The sisters’ mother and their children live in Pensacola, Fla.

Epps said the sisters will be allowed to take whatever per-sonal property they have with them and any money they have in their inmate accounts. He said the state also will supply them with 30 days of medication.

Epps said once the sisters are in Florida, probation officials there will take over their cases. Jamie and Gladys Scott were given life sentences for their involvement in a 1993 armed robbery in Scott County that netted anywhere from $11 to $200, based on court records.

Ex-Cochran aide gets halfway house,home detention for lobbying scandal

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi was sentenced Wednesday to 75 days in a halfway house and 75 days of home detention in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal after swapping leg-islative favors for more than $25,000 in event tickets and other gifts.

U.S. District Judge Rich-ard Roberts told Ann Cop-land that “for two years, you corrupted the solemn trust” placed in her as a public employee and “you ingra-tiated yourself with lobby-

ists,” conduct the judge said warranted a sentence serv-ing as a deterrent to others in government.

Copland had asked to be

placed on probation while prosecutors recommended a sentence of 10 to 16 months behind bars, a range set under federal guidelines. The judge sentenced Cop-land to two years of proba-tion as well as the time in a halfway house and home detention.

Copland pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff and his associates to commit honest services fraud.

“I am beyond remorse-ful about the decisions that I made,” Copland told the judge Wednesday.

Obama resubmits Graves’ nominationJACKSON (AP) — Missis-

sippi Supreme Court Justice James E. Graves Jr.’s name has been resubmitted to the U.S. Senate for a seat on a fed-eral appeals court.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday resubmitted a batch of judicial nominations that didn’t clear the Senate last year, including Graves.

Obama nominated Graves

in June to the 5th U.S. Cir-cuit Court of Appeals based in New Orleans. The court hears appeals from the federal courts in Mis-

sissippi, Loui-siana and Texas.

The 56-year-old Graves is currently the only black jus-tice on the state Supreme Court, where he’s served since 2001.

Last fall, 5th Circuit Judge Rhesa Barksdale took senior status, leaving only one active duty black judge serving on the 5th Circuit, Judge Carl Stewart of Shreveport, La.

JamieScott

GladysScott

Justice JamesE. Graves Jr.

‘I am beyond

remorseful about the decisions

that I made.’

Ann CoplAnd

The oil spill commission said poor decisions led to technical problems

that contributed to the April 20 accident that killed 11 people and led to more than 200 million gallons of oil

spewing from BP’s well a mile beneath the Gulf

of Mexico.

Rusty, above, waits patiently for his owner, Bobby Flanagan, to let

him out of the truck as the two prepare to

take a walk through Cedar Hill Cemetery

Wednesday. Flanagan visits the city cem-

etery often, removing poison oak and per-

forming other upkeep. “When I look at this,

all I see is history,” Flanagan said. “I’m

80, so I know most of these people.”

Friends At work

Bryant Hawkins•The Vicksburg PosT

Rankin, Madison sheriffs not seeking re-electionJACKSON (AP) — Two Mis-

sissippi sheriffs will not run for re-election this year.

Madison County Sheriff Toby Trowbridge will not run for a fourth term. Rankin County Sheriff Ronnie Pennington has been with the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department for 28 years and will not seek re-election. He is in his eighth year as sheriff.

Trowbridge announced his decision Tuesday at a board of supervisors meeting.

The 58-year-old Trowbridge has served as sheriff for 12

years. He won re-election in 2007 with more than 70 per-cent of the vote.

Pennington said he plans to do some hunting and fish-ing and work on some land he bought in southern Rankin County. Pennington started his career in public safety as a correctional officer. He then rose through the ranks, serv-ing as a dispatcher, patrol-man, narcotics officer, inves-tigator, chief investigator and undersheriff.

Trowbridge has dealt with criticism from minority com-

munities. In 2008, residents accused the Sheriff’s Depart-ment of racial discrimination, alleging roadblocks were being conducted in predomi-nantly black neighborhoods and deputies practiced racial profiling. Trowbridge denied the charges and called the roadblocks “random.”

Trowbridge saw three of his deputies wounded in an April 2007 shootout in which 79-year-old Roosevelt “Bo” Wilson was killed following a six-hour standoff.

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OLD POST FILES120 YEARS AGO: 1891T.D. Marshall gives a dinner party in honor of Judge R.A. Hill, J.D. Gilland and other members of the bar. • Dr. B.B. Warren and Carrie S. Katzenmeyer are married. • Will Hazzard, burned at the gas plant recently, is in a precarious condition.

110 YEARS AGO: 1901Mayor W.L. Trowbridge and the new board of aldermen are installed. • R.M. Kelly takes charge of the city assessor’s office. • When the one-mile bridge over the A&V Railroad col-lapses, John McGee falls with the structure.

100 YEARS AGO: 1911Smith Terrell, barber, is burned to death. • Hon. Ross Collins, candidate for attorney general, is spending the day in the city.

90 YEARS AGO: 1921G.C. Puller, experienced operator, arrives in the city to take INS press reports for the Vicksburg Evening Post.

80 YEARS AGO: 1931The Shell Oil Company is putting up a filling station on Cherry Street near the A&V passenger depot. • Tom Mix, noted cowboy of the screen, stops in Vicksburg.

70 YEARS AGO: 1941Eight men, six from the city and two from the county, leave for Camp Shelby, the first group to leave under the Selective Service law.

60 YEARS AGO: 1951A farewell parade is held for the city’s National Guardsmen scheduled to enter active service. • The Vicksburg Telephone Exchange observes its 70th anniversary.

50 YEARS AGO: 1961Dr. Kate Ely Hall dies. • Mr. and Mrs. E. Matz Jr. celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. • John F. Gibbons dies. • Ricky Nelson stars in “The Wackiest Ship in the Army” at the Strand Theatre.

40 YEARS AGO: 1971Bracy P. Scott, Port Gibson resident, dies. • Mr. and Mrs. Larry Caston announce the birth of a daughter, Melanie, on Dec. 28. • Contracts totaling over $560,000 are awarded for construction of the Vicksburg Clinic.

30 YEARS AGO: 1981Patty Cappaert and family are featured in the Food section by Laurin Stamm, editor.

20 YEARS AGO: 1991For the second time this season, Rae Anne Hudson of Porters Chapel and Glover Jackson of Warren Central, are honored as basketball players of the week.

10 YEARS AGO: 2001Raymond Ray resigns as Vicksburg Bridge Commission chairman. • Joyce O’Neal Beard dies in Tallulah. • Rep. George Flaggs gives a legislative update to Vicksburg Kiwanis.


IraqA coordinated suicide bomb-

ing that recently killed at least 14 people and wounded 53 in Ramadi, the capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, is a reminder that the country the U.S. has tried so hard to pacify, through military action and nation-build-ing advice and subsidies, is still plenty turbulent. While this fact might tempt some to prolong the U.S. military presence in Iraq, that would be a mistake, as Iraqi leaders themselves are quick to remind us.

Anbar province, you may remember, was once dominated by al-Qaida in Mesopotamia until its dictatorial ways inspired the Anbar Awakening of tribal chiefs who began (well before the U.S. “surge”) to fight back and eventually drive al-Qaida from power. However, al-Qaida has not entirely disappeared. The Dec. 27 attack followed (and

was almost certainly retaliation for) a roundup of suspected al-Qaida terrorists, as was a Dec. 12 attack at the same site. It was fol-lowed by an attack Wednesday in Mosul that killed a top police commander.

These indicators of turbulence come amid signs that the Iraqi government, imperfect as it is, is increasingly willing to handle such problems. Also Monday, the Iraqi oil minister announced that oil production, a key to future Iraqi stability, had reached its highest level in 20 years. The fol-lowing day, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that he anticipates that no U.S. troops will remain in Iraq by the end of 2011.

Al-Maliki says the Iraqi gov-ernment is capable of handling future security threats. Maybe so, maybe not. But it is worth noting that Monday’s suicide

bombers delayed their attack while a U.S. detachment passed by, concentrating the attack on the Iraqi government. Both the government and the insurgents seem to believe that this fight is between Iraqis, with the U.S. as a bystander.

That is appropriate. We argued from the beginning, nearly eight years ago, that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, and the pro-longed U.S. occupation seems to have led to an Iraq that is more shaky than stable and has seri-ous tolerance problems, leading, for example, to most Iraqi Chris-tians fleeing the country.

For better and for worse, how-ever, it is time to allow Iraqis to handle these Iraqi problems. The U.S. should continue to withdraw troops on schedule and allow his-torians of the future to weigh the pluses and minuses of our misad-venture in Iraq.

For inspiration this New Year season, I am going to quote at length one of the most encouraging and challenging pieces of congres-sional testimony I’ve ever heard.

It was delivered in May of 2009 by Scott Gordon, CEO of the Mastery Charter Schools of Philadelphia, one of six programs awarded $1 mil-lion by Oprah Winfrey’s Angel Net-work this year for pioneering work in turning around failing schools.

Mastery works in high-poverty neighborhoods, but the fact is that most school systems in the country need a dose of what’s been so effec-tive in Philadelphia.

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush noted in the keynote address Dec. 1 at his Foundation for Education Excellence, right now only one-third of U.S. students graduate from high school ready for college or careers.

Another third don’t graduate at all, and another third require reme-dial work either in college or the workplace. “Those numbers are shameful,” he said.

And they are dangerous to the country’s future, as demonstrated by the latest report of the Program for International Student Assess-ment, which ranked U.S. students 23rd in the world in science, 32nd in math and 17th in reading.

The United States trailed all its

major competitors and trading partners in Europe and Asia, nota-bly advanced regions of China.

In Philadelphia, as Gordon told the House Committee on Education and Labor, of 20,000 students who enter first grade each year, only 3,000 are likely to graduate from college.

Half never graduate, and of those who do, two-thirds don’t score “pro-ficient” on Pennsylvania’s state assessment exam.

But Mastery’s record demon-strates that “we don’t need to toler-ate this failure,” he said. At three failing schools that Mastery took over, with the same students in them, assessment scores increased by 35 percent per grade in every subject. Violence decreased 85 percent.

And 93 percent of Mastery’s first three graduates went on to higher

education, 67 percent to four-year colleges.

“It can be done,” Gordon told the committee. “It can be done quickly at scale. There are no excuses.

“How? First, we need urgency and accountability. Set the bar high. Col-lege readiness must be the bar for nearly all our youth.

“You will hear critics say that standardized tests do not appro-priately assess a child’s learning preparedness — that they result in ‘teaching to the test.’

“Why don’t we hear the same outcry against Advanced Placement tests? Or the SAT or ACT” college entry tests?”

Next, Gordon said, “We need to ruthlessly focus on outcomes. Grow what works and eliminate what doesn’t. We exercise this type of common sense in every area of our society except education...

“High performing organizations set clear goals. They hold manage-ment and employees accountable for results. They measure progress continually. They hire the highest quality talent and promote the best. And exit non-performers.

Gordon didn’t point the finger explicitly at teachers unions — the American Federation of Teach-ers and the National Education Association.

But they are the ones who sys-tematically fight charter schools, oppose testing and accountability and insist that salaries, promotions and layoffs be based on seniority, not merit.

There is encouraging evidence that state, local and national lead-ers — on a bipartisan basis — real-ize that the schools have to stop being run for the benefit of the adults who work in them and need to prepare children for global competition.

The Obama administration has mounted a “race to the top,” and states are responding by instituting reforms.

Jeb Bush, a Republican, said, “I hope that Republicans in Congress work with the Obama administra-tion to make this the one place to prove to the American people that Democrats and Republicans can put partisanship aside (to) define

common ground for a long-term strategy to assure that more chil-dren learn.”

But there is a danger that, in the next Congress, an unholy alli-ance of convenience will develop between the teachers unions, which want to block reform, and Tea Party Republicans, who want to cut back on domestic spending and get Washington out of education.

Such an alliance was foreshad-owed in a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal by Diane Ravitch, a former reformer in George H.W. Bush’s administration who has now become a union loyalist.

She wrote, “the question today for Republicans is whether they are a party that endorses top-down reform from Washington, D.C., or ... respects the common sense of the people back home and their commitment to their local public schools.”

At the local level, of course, teach-ers unions tend to rule. And, as a result, America is 32nd in the world in math, and only a third of high school graduates are capable of doing college work.

As Gordon told Congress, Ameri-ca’s “house is on fire.”

•Morton Kondracke is executive editor of Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates was set to announce the latest round of cost-cut-ting measures for the military, including a plan to do away with a new amphibious vehi-cle that can ferry troops to shore while under fire.

The plan is aimed at staving off potentially deeper cuts by the White House or Congress by showing that the Pen-tagon is taking seriously a call to rein-in the nation’s deficit.

The Defense Department is responsible for the biggest piece of discretionary spend-ing in the federal govern-ment’s annual budget.

It’s been largely protected until now. Newly elected Tea Party activists, including Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have said that cuts to military spending must be considered to reduce the federal deficit.

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More Marinesset to headto Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending 1,400 more Marine combat forces to Afghanistan.

Defense Department spokes-man Col. Dave Lapan said today that the Marines are being notified and are expected to head out within weeks.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates approved the additional forces Wednesday, Lapan said.

When President Barack Obama a year ago approved the original troop surge of 30,000 forces, he gave Gates leeway to add an extra 10 percent, or 3,000 extra forces, as need arose. Obama plans to begin with-drawing troops from Afghani-stan in July.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claiming power beneath the Capitol dome, resurgent Republicans gained control of the House of Representa-tives on Wednesday as the 112th Congress convened in an era of economic uncer-tainty. Dozens of Tea Party-backed lawmakers took office in both houses, eager to cut spending and reduce govern-ment’s reach.

“The people voted to end business as usual, and today we begin carrying out their instructions,” said newly elected House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, replacing Democrat Nancy Pelosi and transforming instantly into the nation’s most powerful Republican in a new era of divided government.

Both the House and the Senate convened at the con-stitutionally mandated hour of noon for a day of pageantry and bipartisan flourishes that contrasted sharply with the fierceness of the midterm elections that set the new roll of lawmakers.

In the Senate, where Demo-crats retain control, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada selected retired Republican Sen. Paul Laxalt to accompany him when he took the oath for a new term. In the House, children and grandchildren squirmed in the laps of their elders, less than transfixed at the historic events unfolding around them.

Republicans hold a 242-193

conservatives’ majority in the House and have pledged to challenge President Barack Obama both with legisla-tion and with their power to investigate. The first salvo is expected next week, a

bill to repeal the sweeping health care law that Demo-crats pushed to passage 10 months ago and have vowed to defend.

Given to displays of emo-tion, Boehner paused to dab at his eyes with a handker-chief as he made his way to the speaker’s rostrum. His was an unlikely ascension, capping two decades in Congress in which the 61-year-old Ohioan held and then lost a leader-ship position when Republi-cans were last in a majority. He re-emerged as leader of a dispirited minority in 2006.

“The American people have humbled us. They have refreshed our memories as to just how temporary the priv-ilege to serve is. They have reminded us that everything here is on loan from them. This includes this gavel,” he said, as outgoing Speaker Pelosi handed over the House gavel.

On their first day in power, House Republicans pushed through rules changes they said would make the House more accessible to the public and enhance the rights of minority lawmakers. Today’s agenda includes cutting fund-ing of lawmakers’ offices, com-mittees’ budgets and leader-ship staff by 5 percent. The first volley in Obama’s direc-tion is expected next week, when Republicans advance a bill to repeal the health care overhaul that Democrats passed in March.

Two dead in shootingat Omaha high school

OMAHA, Neb. — An angry online posting from the 17-year-old boy who opened fire at a Nebraska high school, fatally wound-ing an assistant principal before later killing himself, offers some clues about why the son of a police detective turned violent months after transferring there.

As authorities sort what might have led to Wednes-day’s shooting, those who knew Robert Butler Jr. are struggling to reconcile his final actions with their mem-ories of a fun, outgoing stu-dent. The gunman, who had attended Omaha’s Millard South High for two months, also wounded the principal before fleeing and fatally shooting himself.

Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar, 58, died Wednesday evening. Principal Curtis Case, 45, was in serious but stable condition.

Retiree set to claimMega Millions cash

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington winner of the

Mega Millions lottery jack-pot planned to discuss his windfall today, while officials in Idaho waited for another lucky person to come claim half of the $380 million prize.

Washington Lottery spokesman Scott Kinney said the Washington ticket, pur-chased at a supermarket in Ephrata, was sold to a retired man. The holder of the other winning ticket, purchased just 125 miles away, in Post Falls, remained unknown.

Iran: U.S. womanheld on spy charges

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have detained a 55-year-old American woman on spying charges, local media reported today.

The state-owned newspaper IRAN said the woman had spying equipment hidden on her body. The media identi-fied the woman as Hal Tala-ian and said she was found to have “a microphone” between her teeth.

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JACKSON (AP) — Missis-sippi’s two new members of Congress — Republi-cans Alan Nunnelee of Tu-pelo and Steven Palazzo of Biloxi — were sworn in Wednesday.

Nunnelee was a state senator nearly 16 years be-fore unseating Democrat Travis Childers in Novem-ber. Childers had repre-sented northern Missis-sippi’s 1st Congressional District since mid-2009.

Palazzo was a freshman state House member when he unseated Democrat Gene Taylor in southern Mississippi’s 4th District. Taylor had been in Con-gress since 1989.

Mississippi’s other con-gressmen, Democrat Ben-nie Thompson, whose district includes Warren County, and Republican Gregg Harper, won re-election in November and were sworn in Wednesday for two-year terms.

Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, wipes away tears as he waits to receive the gavel from out-going House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Wednesday.

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Vicksburg Water PlantPast 24 hours ............. 0.00 inchThis month .............2.59 inchesTotal/year ................2.59 inchesNormal/month .....1.12 inchesNormal/year ..........1.12 inches

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and wildlife Friday:A.M. Active ........................... 7:05A.M. Most active ..............12:54P.M. Active ............................ 7:26P.M. Most active ................. 1:15

SuNriSe/SuNSetSunset today ....................... 5:11Sunset tomorrow .............. 5:12Sunrise tomorrow ............. 7:05

RIVER DATAStaGeS

Mississippi Riverat Vicksburg

Current: 9.5 | Change: -0.5Flood: 43 feet

Yazoo River at GreenwoodCurrent: 13.2 | Change: 0.2

Flood: 35 feetYazoo River at Yazoo City


Yazoo River at BelzoniCurrent: 13.8 | Change: -0.9

Flood: 34 feetBig Black River at West


Big Black River at BovinaCurrent: 14.3 | Change: -0.3

Flood: 28 feet

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Cairo, Ill.Friday ...................................... 29.3Saturday ................................ 30.2Sunday ................................... 30.5

MemphisFriday .........................................6.5Saturday ...................................8.2Sunday ......................................9.3

GreenvilleFriday ...................................... 16.8Saturday ................................ 17.8Sunday ................................... 19.3

VicksburgFriday ...................................... 10.0Saturday ................................ 10.5Sunday ................................... 11.4

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DEATHSThe Vicksburg Post prints obituaries in news form for area residents, their family members and for former residents at no charge. Families wishing to publish additional information or to use specific wording have the option of a paid obituary.

Shirley Temple Hoskins BAY POINT, Calif. — Shir-

ley Temple Hoskins died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. She was 76.

Ms. Hoskins was born in Yazoo City.

Survivors include three sons, Anthony Hoskins Sr. of Bay Point, Calif., and Darrell Hosk-ins Sr. and Alex Shelby III, both of Vicksburg; and one brother, John Moore of San Jose, Calif.

A Mass will be said Satur-day at Dan Scales Funeral Chapel in Pittsburg, Calif.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Mark Anthony JohnsonA funeral Mass for Mark

Anthony Johnson will be said at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. Malcolm O’Leary, SVD, officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Hill Ceme-tery. Visitation will be from 1 until 6 p.m. Friday with Rosary at 6 at Lakeview Memorial Funeral Home.

Mr. John-son died Friday, Dec. 31, 2010, at the G.V. “Sonny” Montgom-ery Veterans Administra-tion Medi-cal Center in Jackson. He was 53.

A lifelong resident of Vicks-burg, he attended St. Mary’s Catholic School and was a 1975 graduate of St. Aloysius High School. He attended Alcorn State University and served seven years in the Air Force.

He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

He was preceded in death by his father, Willie Wong Chong.

Survivors include his mother, Myrtle D. Chong; a son, Mark W. Johnson of Kansas City, Mo.; two daugh-ters, Asia Johnson and Kara Johnson, both of Kansas City; four brothers, Cecil S. John-son of Horn Lake, Josef John-son of Los Angeles, Willie Chong Jr. of Fayetteville, N.C., and Leon Robinson of Vicksburg; one sister, Nancy Pendry of Sumter, S.C.; four grandchildren; and an uncle, aunts, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Bill LovornMOBILE, Ala. — Bill

Lovorn died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. He was 78.

Survivors include his wife, Janet Ezell Lovorn; three sons, including former Vicksburg residents Rick (Lee) Lovorn; grandsons, Scott (April) Lovorn, Andy (Rebekah Williams) Lovorn, and great-granddaughter, Riley Lovorn.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Christ United Meth-odist Church in Mobile. Inter-ment will be at Pine Crest Cemetery West. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until the service Friday at the church.

William T. Martin Sr.YAZOO CITY — William

T. Martin Sr. died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at his home. He was 73.

Mr. Martin was retired from Canadian National Railroad and was a member of Short Creek Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Cynthia Ann Norwood Martin; and his parents, John W. Martin and Frances Virginia Neely.

Survivors include his son, William T. Martin Jr. of Pela-hatchie; two sisters, Mari-lyn “J.B.” Lewis of Yazoo City and Margaret “Viven” Douglas of Bentonia; and two grandchildren.

Services were Wednesday at Stricklin-King Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Hutto officiating. Burial fol-lowed at Glenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were David Malone and Clifford Martin.

Winnie Louise RenfroeLAUREL — Winnie Louise

Renfroe, a former resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011, at ComfortCare Nursing Center in Laurel. She was 87.

Mrs. Renfroe was born Dec. 4, 1923, in Lucedale, but lived most of her life in Vicks-burg. She was a graduate of Leakesville High School in

Leakesville and Perkin-ston Junior College in Perkinston, Miss. She received her degree as a registered

nurse at the Vicksburg

Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. During nursing school she received the prestigious Florence Nightingale Award. In the 40 years that she prac-ticed nursing, she diligently served as a private duty nurse, a staff nurse and later held a supervisory nursing position at Vicksburg Hos-pital. She was a member of Bowmar Baptist Church and the Bowmar Senior Saints. She loved flowers and she

loved to garden. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She was married to the late Charles Thomas “C.T.” Ren-froe Sr., of Vicksburg.

Survivors include three children, Charles Thomas Renfroe Jr. (wife Louise) of Bartlett, Tenn., Douglas Lee Renfroe (wife Sheryl) of Raymond and Linda Ren-froe Gavin (husband Bruce) of Laurel; eight grandchil-dren, Mary Matthews of Boulder, Colo., Marti Oliva of Lafayette, Colo., Katie Carter and Betsy Wade of Bartlett, James Renfroe of Seattle, Kris Gavin of Memphis, Lind-sey Gavin of Daphne, Ala., and Luke Renfroe of Ray-mond; and 13 great-grand-children, Stephen Carter, Will Carter, Emily Wade, Maddie Wade, Bryant Wade, Joseph Oliva, Katherine Oliva, Kristen Oliva, Ivy Matthews, Macy Matthews, Austin Chapman, Christian Renfroe and Kaitlyn Renfroe.

One grandson, Douglas Lee Renfroe Jr. of Killeen, Texas, preceded her in death. Mrs. Renfroe’s parents were the late William Harrison Allen and Winnie McLeod Allen of Lucedale. She was one of nine children, all of whom preceded her in death. They were Bertha Allen of Mobile, Herbert Allen, Bessie Allen, T.D. Allen, Helen Allen and Daniel Allen, all of Lucedale, Henry Allen of Baton Rouge and Dr. Edward Allen of Monroe, La.

Mrs. Renfroe lived the last two years of her life at Com-fortCare Nursing Center to be closer to her daughter, Linda. When she died Tues-day morning, she was sur-rounded by family and the many caregivers who loved and admired her.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 tonight at Fisher Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Kris Gavin (grandson), Keith Ren-froe (nephew), Edgar Hughes (nephew), Jason Wade (hus-band of her granddaugh-ter), Ken Carter (husband of granddaughter) and Stephen Carter (great-grandson). The Rev. T.J. Tennison of Bowmar Baptist Church will officiate the service. Burial will follow at the Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery.

Charles NorrisROLLING FORK —

Charles Norris died Wednes-day, Jan. 5, 2011, at St. Dom-inic-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 77.

Mr. Norris was a life-long resident of Issaquena County. He was employed at BBL Farms in Cary. He was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Belle Cook Norris; and one son, Gary Lynn Norris.

He is survived by his wife, Jeanette W. Norris of Rolling Fork; a son, John D. Norris of Rolling Fork; a daugh-ter, Deborah Kaye Cornwell of Austin, Texas; and four grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home in Rolling Fork with the Rev. Tim Cleveland offi-ciating. Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Bill Newson, Rodney Edwards Jr., Brice Norris, Lamar Chapman, Michael Cornwell and Doug Chapman.

Steve Allen UzzleBROOKHAVEN — Steve

Allen Uzzle died Wednes-day, Jan. 5, 2011, at Lin-coln Residential Center in Brookhaven. He was 59.

Mr. Uzzle was a Vicksburg native and had lived at Lin-coln Residential Center for several years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Bessie B. Uzzle and Fred Uzzle Sr.; four brothers; and two sisters.

Survivors include one brother, Fred Uzzle Jr. of Vicksburg; and one sister, Carolyn Fraser of Memphis.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Glenwood Funeral Home with Glynn Parks offi-ciating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Ceme-tery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Brian Uzzle, Keith Uzzle, Mathew Uzzle, Don Eagle, Marcus Emfinger and Wayne Henson.

Winnie LouiseRenfroe

don’t even realize what they don’t have,” Tolliver said.

The poverty level for the five counties ranges from 20 to 50 percent, according to information in the grant. Across the state, it says, the poverty level is 19.9 percent.

Defined subject areas are budgeting, spending wisely and opening checking and savings accounts, she said.

Tolliver plans to have the chapter’s representatives reach out to churches and charitable organizations in the counties to help locate the potential students.

She said baby-sitting, transportation and refresh-ments will be included in the program.

“I know it will be difficult to get people to come out,” Toll-iver said. “So we are working to eliminate those things that keep people away. We need creative ways to keep them involved.”

United Way is a community clearinghouse for service that includes improving edu-cation, income and health. The local chapter, which raised $1.3 million in its most recent annual campaign, serves 20 local agencies.

ShirleyHoskins

Mark AnthonyJohnson

In 2008, Warren County hiked the pay for the position to $72,219 after a bill allowing the office to be paid closer to a full-time position was approved by the Legislature. Other counties that pay the position more than part-time rates are Forrest, Rankin, Madison and Harrison. Pre-viously, the position was paid $44,812, the same as a supervisor. One effect of the change could result in more qualifiers for the office, offi-

cials said at the time.Races for governor and

lieutenant governor lead off the full slate of state-wide offices. Local offices on this fall’s primary and gen-eral election ballots include all five county supervisors, state senator and representa-tives, chancery clerk, circuit clerk, district attorney, sher-iff, tax assessor, tax collec-tor, coroner, county prosecu-tor, justice court judges and constables.

Local candidates must file by March 1, while legisla-tors must submit paperwork to the Secretary of State’s Office by June 1.

said he wants to talk to law enforcement officials and insurance agents about the proposal.

Holcomb said 46 states, including Florida, allow some use of golf carts or other low-speed vehicles on certain public roads, usually where the speed limit is no more than 35 mph.

Rep. Preston Sullivan, D-Okolona, said he uses low-speed vehicles on his 150 acres in north Mississippi but he’s not sure it’s a good idea to allow them on public

roads.“I worry about the safety

issues involved,” he said during a Transportation Committee hearing.

Randy Watkins, a Jackson-area golf instructor and busi-nessman, said he sold golf carts for about eight years. He said allowing the use of carts on low-speed public roads can enhance people’s quality of life, particularly in subdivisions that are near golf courses.

However, he suggested requiring annual inspections.

time,” he said.Jeremy Bowlin is sched-

uled to go to trial in Warren County Circuit Court March 7 on charges of auto bur-glary, residential burglary and grand larceny from two 2010 arrests, Pace said. He was indicted by the Warren County grand jury in July for the Feb. 13 and April 24 arrests.

John Michael Harmon, 26, said this morning that his brother was a determined, hardworking man.

Timothy Harmon grew up in the Vicksburg area and had attended Warren Central High School, John Harmon said.

“He was a good man, and had a big heart,” he said. “He just wanted to get along with people and live peacefully.”

John Harmon said his brother worked in construc-tion and air conditioning repair. Timothy Harmon was not married and had no chil-dren. He enjoyed working on cars and hunting, John Harmon said.

In addition to his brother, he is survived by his mother, Kim Harmon, and a 16-year-old sister, John Harmon

said. His father, John Eric Harmon, died three years ago.

Riles Funeral Home will have charge of funeral arrangements.

Harmon’s is the first homi-cide of 2011 in Warren County.

Three deaths in Vicksburg in 2010 were ruled homicides, and Warren County grand juries said two of them, which left Derrick Stamps and Dennis Lewis dead, were in self-defense.

In the third case, Jose Arenas was found shot to death below the U.S. 61 South overpass on Interstate 20 after reportedly robbing the La Chiquita grocery at 4002 U.S. 61 South with an accom-plice, Jaime Flores, the two brandishing an SKS assault rifle and a handgun and injuring a clerk.

The two drove north on U.S. 61, being chased by the grocery’s owner, until they wrecked near the bridge. The suspects and the store owner then traded gunfire. Arenas’ body was found the next morning. Flores had not been caught at year’s end.

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captured Vicksburg and then went on down the river to take New Orleans,” said Strickland, the adjutant of Stanford’s Battery, a group of re-enactors who will partici-pate in Saturday’s kickoff of events commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War.

Staging re-enactments is a way of teaching important American history that many people don’t learn in school, he said, like Mississippi’s role in the war.

“Vicksburg is a back pocket,” he said. “Gettysburg gets all the attention. Vicks-burg really didn’t get the rec-ognition that it needed from historians, other than it fell on the Fourth of July.”

Saturday’s events will include lowering the 33-star 1861 American flag from the flagpole atop the Old Court House Museum on Cherry Street and raising the Bonnie Blue Flag, recalling the events of Jan. 9, 1861, in Jackson, when Mississippi became the second state, after South Carolina on Dec. 20, 1860, to secede from the Union.

The changing of the flags will be accompanied by the artillery salutes of “the Dutchess,” Stanford’s Bat-tery’s prized cannon, and three additional big guns from other re-enactment groups from Mississippi and Louisiana.

Strickland, 40, and about seven of his group will fire the Dutchess, an authentic 1862 3-inch ordnance rifle, at 10 a.m. from a spot at Vicks-burg’s City Front near the Levee Street Depot.

Later, at 2 p.m., they will fire again from atop Fort Hill to re-enact Vicksburg’s Jan. 13, 1861, firing on the commercial steamship A.O. Tyler, shots that Vicks-burg National Military Park interpretive ranger Tim Kavanaugh calls “the first guns in the west.”

The firing took place four days after cadets from the Citadel in South Carolina fired shots at Morris Island in Charleston harbor — the actual “first guns of the American Civil War,” he said, months before history usu-ally teaches.

“The official start of the war is not until the early morn-ing of April 12, when guns open fire on Fort Sumpter,” Kavanaugh said.

Saturday, from the east-ern portico of the Old Court House, Kavanaugh will read the list of grievances that led Mississippi to secede. Observers, seeing him in a blue uniform with red trim instead of gray, should remember that there was not yet a Confederacy or Confed-erate military uniforms that day, he said.

“Mississippi did not begin to try to standardize uni-forms with the rest of the South until the middle of February,” he said.

Likewise, there was not yet a Confederate flag, not the “Stars and Bars” people now associate with the rebels or the “First National Flag” of the Confederacy that usually flies from that flagpole at the Old Court House.

Instead, the Bonnie Blue

flag, a lone white star on a blue field, was used as an unofficial flag during the early months of 1861.

Strickland began as a youth going to Civil War re-enact-ments with his grandpar-ents, participating with other units in his 20s and joining Stanford’s Battery about seven or eight years ago. With his wife and 3-year-old daughter, he lives in the 1848 farmhouse where his great-great-great-grandfather suf-

fered occupation by Union general James McPherson,

“The last time he saw his goose feather bed it was being carried off down the road toward Edwards,” he said with a laugh. Strickland still has his ancestor’s diary recording the war’s events.

The original Stanford’s Battery, organized by Capt. Thomas Jefferson Stanford, a tinsmith from Blackhawk, Miss., did not fight at Vicks-burg or even in the state, but

was part of major Tennes-see battles like Shiloh and Missionary Ridge after being mustered into the Confeder-ate army in Grenada on Nov. 6, 1861.

The “reactivated” bat-tery was organized in 1979 in Pascagoula, said Strick-land. Its current membership includes 10 men who range from 17 to 67 and come as far away as Meridian.

At its re-enactments, the Dutchess is often pulled by a team of four horses, he said, but because of the limitations in Vicksburg — about an acre of land is needed with horses to turn the Dutchess around — the gun will be towed for Saturday’s appear-ance by truck.

The barrel of the cannon weighs 816 pounds and was made in Phoenixville, Penn., part of an issue that repre-sented the first rifled gun American military ever had, Strickland said. It was first fired at the battle of Shiloh in 1862.

“We’re mighty proud of this gun,” he said.

The first recorded use of the flag — a long white star centered in a blue field — dates to Sept. 11, 1810, when a troop of West Florida dra-goons set out under this flag to capture Baton Rouge, then the provincial capital. They were joined by other republi-can forces, captured the city, imprisoned the governor and on Sept. 23 raised their Bon-nie Blue flag over the Fort of Baton Rouge. Three days lat-er the president of the West Florida Convention signed a Declaration of Independence and the flag became the em-blem of a new republic.

By December 10, the flag of the United States replaced the Bonnie Blue after Presi-

dent James Madison issued a proclamation declaring West Florida under the jurisdiction of the Governor of the Louisi-ana Territory.

The Bonnie Blue was used by the Republic of Texas from

1836 to 1839. In Mississippi, the flag

was raised over the Capitol in Jackson on Jan. 9, 1861, when the state adopted the Ordinance of Secession. Har-ry McCarthy was so inspired

that he wrote a song titled “The Bonnie Blue Flag” which became the second most popular patriotic song of the Confederacy. When Missis-sippi adopted its first state flag that year, the Bonnie Blue was included in a cor-ner, along with a magnolia tree and a red stripe .

The Confederate govern-ment did not adopt the Bon-nie Blue, but it is said that the people did, and lone star flags were adopted in some form in five of the south-ern states that adopted new flags in 1861.

Sources: www.anyflag.com/history/bonnie.htm, and Warren County historian Gordon Cotton.


If you goSaturday, the Vicksburg Na-tional Military Park in part-nership with the Old Court House Museum will kick off the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a re-enact-ment of Mississippi’s seces-sion and the “First Guns in the West.”At 10 a.m. on the east side of the Old Court House Mu-seum:• Reading of the “Mississippi

Causes of Secession” and “Mississippi Ordinance of Secession”

• Lowering of the 1861 U.S. flag and raising of the Con-federate “Bonnie Blue Flag”

• Artillery salute by cannon fired from near the Levee

Street Depot• Lecture on the attitude of

Vicksburg toward seces-sion and its effects on the city, given by Jeff Giam-brone, a Bolton native, for-mer OCHM historian and author

At 2 p.m. atop Fort Hill:• Re-enactment of Vicks-

burg’s firing on the com-mercial steamboat A.O. Ty-ler will take place

• Interpretive program by VNMP staff on the event and surrounding facts

Admission to both events is free, but the normal $8 per vehicle charge to enter VNMP for tours will remain in effect. For more information, call VNMP at 601-636-0583.

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SIdELINESTitans owner readyto cut Vince Young

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Titans owner Bud Ad-ams said it’s time to let Vince Young go and for the franchise to find its next quarterback.

The Titans released a statement Wednesday night in which Adams said Young won’t be on the team’s roster next season, but he’s still eval-uating the coaching staff.

“We have two critical decisions to make, the direction of the coach-ing staff and the future at the quarterback position. They are separate issues to me and will be dealt with separately,” Adams said.

Adams is the own-er who wanted Young drafted No. 3 overall out of Texas in 2006 and said on draft day that “VY is my guy.” But with his gen-eral manager and senior executive vice president traveling to Houston to meet with Adams on Monday, the 88-year-old owner decided Young no longer is the quarterback for his franchise.

Young is 30-17 in his five NFL seasons, but only 13-14 against teams fin-ishing a season at .500 or better. He’s also battled questions over his work ethic, leadership and in-juries. He suffered a sea-son-ending thumb injury on his right hand Nov. 21, tossed his shoulder pads into the stands.

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Phelps stars from the benchBy Ernest [email protected]

When Jonathan Phelps was searching for a place to con-tinue his basketball career, one of the most promising options was Missouri West-ern State.

The former Vicksburg High star took a visit to the Divi-sion II school in St. Joseph, Mo., and was given an impromptu tryout.

“He came in and went toe-to-toe with a really good defensive point guard. One of our returning players,” Mis-souri Western coach Tom Smith said. “The kid tried to stick Jonathan and couldn’t do it. It’s really hard to find kids that can come in on a visit and dominate your kids.”

Not long after, Smith offered Phelps a scholarship. Halfway through his first season with the Griffons, Phelps has made the most of the opportunity. The 6-foot, 170-pound junior shooting guard leads the team in scor-ing with 20 points per game, despite coming off the bench as the sixth man.

Phelps hasn’t started any of Missouri Western’s 12 games so far, but is still aver-aging 25 minutes a night in his reserve role. He said it’s been a bit of an adjustment making the transition from starter to sub, but there’s plenty of things about the role that suit him.

“(Smith) just likes me to come off the bench. Teams don’t get a real good scout-ing report on the bench play-ers,” Phelps said. “I can see how the game is going, who I need to guard. It sets me up.”

For now, Phelps will con-tinue to be the Griffons’ spark off the bench. Smith likes what Phelps provides in that spot and said he’s also hesitant to change what’s working.

“We started another kid and he’s done OK. Jonathan fell into that sixth man role

and has done really well,” Smith said. “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. He seems com-fortable with it.”

After leading Vicksburg to the Class 4A state tour-nament in 2008, when he was selected The Vicksburg Post’s Player of the Year, Phelps signed with Okaloo-sa-Walton Junior College in Florida. He later transferred to Kilgore Junior College in Texas, where he averaged 8.5 points per game in 2009-10.

From there, Phelps headed north to Missouri to continue his basketball career. Smith needed players — most of the roster turned over after last year’s NCAA tournament appearance — and Phelps needed a home.

It was a natural fit, as was Smith’s coaching philosophy.

Phelps, a natural scorer who can shoot 3-pointers or drive the lane and create free throw opportunities with equal effectiveness, was given freedom to do what he needed to do to get the ball in the basket. Phelps said that philosophy has played a big part in his individual success.

“It’s been more of a free

offense and Coach gives me the green light to shoot the ball,” said Phelps, who is shooting 42.9 percent from

3-point range this season and 47.8 percent overall. “Pretty much everybody has that

Lack of a running game could be costly for SaintsThe joy in statistics is that

one can draw quick conclu-sions, but they aren’t always the right ones.

Proper analysis yields proper results and cherry-picking one statistical nugget while avoiding another can lead to false conclusions.

When New Orleans Saints fans wonder why the repeat season will start in the wild-card round Saturday on the road against the Seattle Sea-hawks, they see Drew Brees’ less-than-stellar demerit of 22 interceptions. While criticism of Brees is muted, it really isn’t completely his fault. Like Peyton Manning, when a top-tier quarterback doesn’t have a strong running game his numbers are likely to take a precarious dip.

Last year, the Saints were ranked sixth in the NFL in rushing yards with 2,106 and

third in rushing TDs with 21.This season has been a dif-

ferent story thanks to flux in the backfield. The strug-gles highlight the most over-looked factor in last year’s Super Bowl run, a solid run-ning game that could grind down the clock and set up Brees’ brilliant play-action passing game. Without being able to mash the ball for four or five yards a clip, those nicely executed fakes lose much of their value. Defenses don’t have to honor them and

they’ve blitzed Brees at a frightening pace.

The offensive line, after being considered one of the league’s best units last season, hasn’t protected Brees as well as they did during the Super Bowl run. The line still ranks in the top echelon of the league, but Brees has been sacked 26 times, six more than last season.

And the Saints haven’t exactly run with authority this season. The Saints have rushed for only 1,519 yards, near the bottom of the league, and scored only nine TDs on the ground.

The biggest reason for those struggles is an inability to keep their running backs healthy. Power back Pierre Thomas missed much of the season with a slow-to-heal high ankle sprain and was

placed on injured reserve on Wednesday. Reggie Bush, who has been a fixture on the Saints’ injury list since he arrived in 2006, broke his leg against the San Fran-cisco 49ers and has been little more than a semi-produc-tive decoy. Chris Ivory gave the Saints the power runner they’ve missed since Thomas was injured, but he won’t be available for the playoffs. The undrafted free agent out of Tiffin (Ohio) was placed on injured reserve on Tues-day after leading the Saints in rushing yards (716) this season.

With Bush becoming a bigger albatross on next year’s payroll and Thomas’ expiring contract, the Saints could be facing sweeping changes in the backfield next season.

Bush is definitely a bust

considering he was the second pick in the 2006 NFL draft. While he never had the required physicality and durability to be a featured back, his draft position forced the Saints to pay him like one. His salary will balloon to $13.5 million and that’s a lot of dough for a guy who just can’t produce and can’t stay healthy. Look for the Saints to cut ties or renegotiate a more budget-friendly deal that would enable them to acquire a real power back in the free agent marketplace. Thomas will be a free agent at season’s end and if both depart, the Saints’ backfield will be a different one in 2011.

•Steve Wilson is sports editor of the Vicksburg post. you can follow him on twitter at vpsportseditor. He can be reached at 601-636-4545, ext. 142 or at [email protected].

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Former Vicksburg standout makes an impact at Missouri Western State

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Former Vicksburg and current Missouri Western guard Jonathan Phelps looks for an open-ing this season. Phelps leads the Griffons (5-7) in scoring off the bench.

GoldenEaglestrounceHoustonBy The Associated Press

HATTIESBURG — Gary Flowers scored 27 points and Southern Miss overcame a two-point half-time deficit to beat Hous-ton 85-73 in both teams’ Confer-ence USA opener on Wednesday night.

Houston (8-6) built a 38-36 lead by halftime, but the Cou-gars quickly fell behind just 51 seconds in and never led again.

Flowers scored 10 points in just nine first-half min-utes due to foul trouble, but scored the first 15 points for Southern Miss to start the second half. The Golden Eagles (12-2) built a 63-48 lead by the 11-minute mark.

Flowers made back-to-back 3s to start the half before putting back an errant R.L. Horton layup to give Southern Miss

Houston guard Zamal Nixon shoots over South-ern Miss guard Angelo Johnson Wednesday.

See USM, Page B3.See Phelps, Page B3.

Missouri Western guard Jonathan Phelps (5) shoots this sea-son. Phelps is one of the Griffons’ best 3-point shooters.

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nflNFL Playoffs

Wild-card roundSaturday

New Orleans at Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (NBC)N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. (NBC)

SundayBaltimore at Kansas City, Noon (CBS)Green Bay at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. (Fox)

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Divisional PlayoffsJan. 15

Indianapolis, Kansas City or Baltimore at Pitts-burgh, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)Green Bay, New Orleans or Seattle at Atlanta, 7 p.m. (Fox)

Jan. 16Philadelphia, New Orleans or Seattle at Chicago, Noon (Fox)N.Y. Jets, Kansas City or Baltimore at New Eng-land, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

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Conference ChampionshipsJan. 23

NFC, 2 p.m. (Fox)AFC, 5:30 p.m. (CBS)

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Super Bowl XLVFeb. 6

At Arlington, TexasAFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5:30 p.m. (Fox)

nbaEaSTERn COnfEREnCE

Atlantic Division W L Pct GBBoston ..........................27 7 .794 —New York ......................20 14 .588 7Philadelphia ..................14 21 .400 13 1/2Toronto .........................12 23 .343 15 1/2New Jersey ..................10 25 .286 17 1/2

Southeast Division W L Pct GBMiami ............................28 9 .757 —Orlando .........................23 12 .657 4Atlanta ..........................24 14 .632 4 1/2Charlotte .......................12 21 .364 14Washington ...................8 25 .242 18

Central Division W L Pct GBChicago ........................23 11 .676 —Indiana ..........................14 18 .438 8Milwaukee .....................13 20 .394 9 1/2Detroit ...........................11 24 .314 12 1/2Cleveland ......................8 27 .229 15 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio ..................29 6 .829 —Dallas ............................26 8 .765 2 1/2New Orleans ................21 15 .583 8 1/2Houston ........................16 19 .457 13Memphis .......................16 19 .457 13

Northwest Division W L Pct GBUtah ..............................24 12 .667 —Oklahoma City ..............23 13 .639 1Denver ..........................20 14 .588 3Portland ........................19 17 .528 5Minnesota .....................9 27 .250 15

Pacific Division W L Pct GBL.A. Lakers ...................25 11 .694 —Phoenix .........................14 19 .424 9 1/2Golden State ................14 21 .400 10 1/2L.A. Clippers .................11 24 .314 13 1/2Sacramento ..................7 25 .219 16

Wednesday’s GamesToronto 120, Cleveland 105New Jersey 96, Chicago 94Orlando 97, Milwaukee 87Philadelphia 109, Washington 97Boston 105, San Antonio 103Charlotte 108, Minnesota 105, OTGolden State 110, New Orleans 103Portland 103, Houston 100Atlanta 110, Utah 87L.A. Clippers 106, Denver 93L.A. Lakers 99, Phoenix 95

Today’s GamesOklahoma City at Dallas, 7 p.m.Denver at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesSan Antonio at Indiana, 6 p.m.Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m.Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m.Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.Miami at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.Cleveland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.New York at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

COllEgE baSkETballTop 25 ScheduleWednesday’s Games

No. 1 Duke 85, UAB 64No. 3 Kansas 99, UMKC 52No. 6 San Diego St. 66, TCU 53No. 9 Missouri 98, North Alabama 58No. 11 Purdue 83, Penn St. 68No. 15 BYU 89, No. 25 UNLV 77No. 19 UCF 65, Marshall 58Tennessee 104, No. 21 Memphis 84

Today’s GamesNo. 7 Villanova at South Florida, 6 p.m.No. 20 Illinois vs. Northwestern, 8 p.m.No. 23 Washington vs. Oregon, 7:30 p.m.No. 24 Cincinnati vs. Xavier, 6 p.m.

Mississippi ScheduleWednesday’s Games

Ole Miss 75, SMU 57Southern Miss 85, Houston 73

Today’s GamesJackson St. at Alabama A&M, 7:30 p.m.Mississippi College at McMurry, 7:30 p.m.Texas Southern at Alcorn St., 8 p.m.

Friday’s GamesMillsaps at Trinity, 7 p.m.

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCEEast

Conference All Games W L P W L PKentucky ............0 0 .000 12 2 .857Georgia ..............0 0 .000 11 2 .846Vanderbilt ..........0 0 .000 11 2 .846Florida ................0 0 .000 11 3 .786Tennessee .........0 0 .000 10 4 .714South Carolina ..0 0 .000 9 4 .692

West Conference All Games W L P W L POle Miss ...........0 0 .000 12 3 .800Arkansas ............0 0 .000 10 3 .769Alabama ............0 0 .000 8 6 .571Mississippi St. .0 0 .000 8 6 .571LSU ....................0 0 .000 8 7 .533Auburn ...............0 0 .000 7 7 .500

Wednesday’s GamesOle Miss 75, SMU 57Tennessee 104, Memphis 84

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Saturday’s GamesTennessee at Arkansas, 1:30 p.m.Alabama at Mississippi State, 4 p.m.Kentucky at Georgia, 4 p.m.Vanderbilt at South Carolina, 5 p.mLSU at Auburn, 6 p.m.Ole Miss at Florida, 8 p.m.

CONFERENCE USA Conference All Games W L P W L PUCF ...................1 0 1.000 14 0 1.000Southern Miss .1 0 1.000 12 2 .857UTEP .................1 0 1.000 13 3 .813Tulane ................1 0 1.000 11 3 .786UAB ...................0 0 .000 10 3 .769Memphis ............0 0 .000 11 4 .733SMU ...................0 0 .000 9 5 .643East Carolina .....0 0 .000 8 6 .571Marshall .............0 1 .000 10 4 .714Houston .............0 1 .000 8 6 .571Rice ...................0 1 .000 8 7 .533Tulsa ..................0 1 .000 7 7 .500

Wednesday’s GamesDuke 85, UAB 64 UCF 65, Marshall 58Ole Miss 75, SMU 57 Tulane 85, Rice 81 Southern Miss 85, Houston 73 Tennessee 104, Memphis 84 UTEP 69, Tulsa 59

Today’s GamesNo games scheduled

Friday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Saturday’s GamesSMU at Tulane, 2 p.m. East Carolina at Memphis, 3 p.m. UTEP at UAB, 3 p.m. UCF at Houston, 4 p.m. Southern Miss at Marshall, 6 p.m. Rice at Tulsa, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L P W L PAlabama A&M ...1 0 1.000 4 6 .400Jackson St .......1 0 1.000 5 8 .385Prairie View .......1 0 1.000 4 10 .286Texas Southern .1 0 1.000 3 9 .250Miss. Valley St. 1 0 1.000 2 12 .143Alabama St. .......0 1 .000 3 11 .214Grambling St. ....0 1 .000 2 11 .154Southern U. .......0 1 .000 1 12 .077Alcorn St. .........0 1 .000 0 11 .000Ark.-Pine Bluff ...0 1 .000 0 13 .000

Wednesday’s GamesNo games scheduled

Today’s GamesJackson St. at Alabama A&M, 7:30 p.m.Prairie View at Southern U., 7:30 p.m.Grambling St. at Alabama St., 8 p.m.Texas Southern at Alcorn St., 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s ScoresEAST

Columbia 76, Lafayette 73Delaware 61, William & Mary 48Duquesne 75, Saint Joseph’s 63George Washington 72, La Salle 67Hartford 61, Maine 59Harvard 78, Boston College 69Hofstra 87, George Mason 74Marquette 73, Rutgers 65Princeton 68, Marist 57Purdue 83, Penn St. 68Temple 70, Fordham 51Yale 77, Holy Cross 76, OT

SOUTHAppalachian St. 74, Davidson 66Belmont 70, Stetson 53Duke 85, UAB 64ETSU 80, Kennesaw St. 69James Madison 99, Towson 68Lipscomb 75, Florida Gulf Coast 61Louisville 73, Seton Hall 54Mercer 70, S.C.-Upstate 59Middle Tennessee 78, North Texas 71N.C. State 87, Elon 72North Florida 57, Campbell 55Old Dominion 49, Northeastern 34Richmond 71, Charlotte 59Southern Miss 85, Houston 73Tennessee 104, Memphis 84UCF 65, Marshall 58UNC Wilmington 59, Georgia St. 56Va. Commonwealth 52, Drexel 48

W. Carolina 81, Georgia Southern 58Wake Forest 79, High Point 63

MIDWESTDayton 60, Saint Louis 50Kansas 99, UMKC 52Missouri 98, North Alabama 58Nebraska 68, Savannah St. 48Wisconsin 66, Michigan 50

SOUTHWESTOle Miss 75, SMU 57San Diego St. 66, TCU 53St. Bonaventure 68, Ark.-Little Rock 55Texas-Arlington 72, Houston Baptist 57Tulane 85, Rice 81UTEP 69, Tulsa 59

FAR WESTAir Force 77, Utah 69BYU 89, UNLV 77Colorado 92, W. New Mexico 70Long Beach St. 85, CS Northridge 71New Mexico 102, CS Bakersfield 62UC Irvine 85, Cal St.-Fullerton 78

SOUTHERn MISS 85, HOUSTOn 73HOUSTON (8-6)McNeil 5-7 2-5 12, Harris 4-6 1-2 9, Nixon 3-8 4-4 10, Thibodeaux 2-7 2-2 7, Brown 7-11 3-5 20, McLean 2-3 2-2 6, Haywood 0-1 0-0 0, Van Slyke 3-3 0-0 9. Totals 26-46 14-20 73.SOUTHERN MISS (12-2)Ayarza 0-1 0-0 0, Flowers 10-15 3-4 27, Horton 6-10 5-5 18, Johnson 2-5 2-2 6, Newbill 1-6 0-0 2, Page 1-3 0-0 2, Bolden 9-11 4-4 23, Stone 1-2 5-6 7, Phillips 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-54 19-21 85.Halftime—Houston 38-36.3-Point Goals—Houston 7-17 (Van Slyke 3-3, Brown 3-5, Thibodeaux 1-6, Haywood 0-1, Nixon 0-2), Southern Miss 6-13 (Flowers 4-8, Horton 1-1, Bolden 1-2, Page 0-1, Johnson 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Houston 24 (Harris, McNeil 4), Southern Miss 28 (Flowers 10). Assists—Houston 17 (Nixon 8), Southern Miss 13 (Horton 6). Total Fouls—Houston 19, Southern Miss 19. Techni-cal—Southern Miss Bench. A—2,796.

OlE MISS 75, SMU 57OLE MISS (12-3)Henry 4-8 3-4 11, Buckner 3-3 0-0 6, Warren 6-11 3-3 19, N. Williams 3-6 0-0 7, Graham 5-12 3-4 13, Bogan 0-0 0-0 0, Nelson 2-3 0-0 5, Short 5-6 0-0 10, Gaskins 2-4 0-1 4, Cox 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-53 9-12 75.SMU (9-5)Clinkscales 2-7 0-0 6, Samarrippas 3-9 2-2 10, Nyakundi 8-14 0-1 22, Harp 0-1 0-0 0, Dia 5-10 4-9 14, Mangrum 0-0 0-0 0, Haynes 1-1 0-1 2, Walker 1-4 0-0 3, Luttman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-46 6-13 57.Halftime—Ole Miss 32-30.3-Point Goals—Ole Miss 6-16 (Warren 4-7, N. Williams 1-1, Nelson 1-2, Henry 0-1, Graham 0-5), SMU 11-27 (Nyakundi 6-11, Samarrippas 2-4, Clinkscales 2-7, Walker 1-4, Dia 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Ole Miss 33 (Graham, Henry 8), SMU 22 (Dia 9). Assists—Ole Miss 9 (Graham, Warren 3), SMU 11 (Clinkscales 4). Total Fouls—Ole Miss 18, SMU 15. A—1,929.

WOManS baSkETballWomen’s Top 25 Schedule

Wednesday’s GamesNo. 2 Connecticut 81, Villanova 35No. 6 West Virginia 67, Seton Hall 46No. 9 Xavier 83, Missouri 51No. 13 Notre Dame 73, Marquette 55No. 16 DePaul 71, Providence 38No. 20 Ohio St. 83, Indiana 65No. 21 Iowa 63, Minnesota 57

Today’s GamesNo. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 Maryland, 6 p.m.No. 4 Stanford vs. Arizona, 9 p.m.No. 5 Tennessee vs. Alabama, 6 p.m.No. 8 North Carolina at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.No. 10 Kentucky at No. 25 Arkansas, 7 p.m.No. 11 Michigan St. vs. Wisconsin, 6 p.m.No. 24 Florida St. at Virginia Tech, 6 p.m.

nHlEaSTERn COnfEREnCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAPittsburgh .......41 26 12 3 55 135 95Philadelphia ....39 24 10 5 53 131 104N.Y. Rangers ..41 23 15 3 49 121 104N.Y. Islanders .37 12 19 6 30 89 120New Jersey ....39 10 27 2 22 69 124

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GABoston ............38 21 11 6 48 110 85Montreal ..........40 21 16 3 45 100 96Buffalo ............39 16 18 5 37 108 118Ottawa ............40 16 19 5 37 90 121Toronto ...........38 14 20 4 32 90 113

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GATampa Bay .....41 24 12 5 53 123 130Washington .....41 23 12 6 52 120 107Atlanta ............43 22 15 6 50 134 127Carolina ..........39 18 15 6 42 112 117Florida .............38 18 18 2 38 104 98

WESTERn COnfEREnCECentral Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GADetroit .............40 25 10 5 55 138 113Nashville .........39 20 13 6 46 99 94St. Louis .........38 20 13 5 45 101 104Chicago ..........42 21 18 3 45 130 122Columbus .......40 20 17 3 43 103 118

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GAVancouver ......39 26 8 5 57 134 96Colorado .........40 21 14 5 47 136 128Minnesota .......39 19 15 5 43 100 113Calgary ...........41 18 20 3 39 108 118Edmonton .......38 12 19 7 31 98 131

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GADallas ..............41 24 13 4 52 118 113San Jose ........40 21 14 5 47 118 112Anaheim .........43 21 18 4 46 110 123Los Angeles ...39 22 16 1 45 116 96Phoenix ...........39 18 13 8 44 110 115NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for over-time loss.

Wednesday’s GamesN.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1, OTPittsburgh 8, Tampa Bay 1Atlanta 3, Florida 2Dallas 4, Chicago 2Vancouver 3, Calgary 1Nashville 4, Anaheim 1

Today’s GamesMinnesota at Boston, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6 p.m.Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.Phoenix at Colorado, 8 p.m.N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 8 p.m.Nashville at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.Buffalo at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesToronto at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Ottawa at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.Detroit at Calgary, 8 p.m.Edmonton at Vancouver, 9 p.m.Columbus at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

TRanSaCTIOnS baSEball

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with INF Cesar Izturis on a one-year contract.BOSTON RED SOX—Claimed C Max Ramirez off waivers from Texas. Designated RHP Matt Fox for assignment.CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with RHP Doug Mathis on a minor league contract.NEW YORK YANKEES—Claimed RHP Brian Schlitter off waivers from Chicago (NL).OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Named Rick Magnante manager, Casey Myers hitting coach, John Wasdin pitching coach and Travis Tims athletic trainer for Vermont (N.Y.-Penn). Named Mike Henriques minor league strength and conditioning coordinator and Phil Mastro Dominican minor league trainer.TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with 3B Adrian Beltre on a six-year contract.TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Claimed LHP Wilfredo Ledezma off waivers from Pittsburgh.

National LeagueMILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Takashi Saito on a one-year contract.

fOOTballNational Football League

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Signed WR Kevin Curtis. Placed DB Donald Washington on injured reserve.HOUSTON TEXANS—Named Wade Phillips defensive coordinator.NEW ORLEANS—Placed RB Pierre Thomas on injured reserve. Signed RB Joique Bell from the Philadelphia practice squad.

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7 p.m. ESPN - GoDaddy.com Bowl, Middle Tenn. vs. Miami (Ohio)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL6 p.m. ESPN2 - Xavier at Cincinnati9 p.m. ESPN2 - Northwestern at Illinois10:30 p.m. FSN - Cal at Arizona

NBA7:15 p.m. TNT - Oklahoma City at Dallas9:30 p.m. TNT - Denver at Sacramento

Jan. 61985 — Dan Marino passes for a

record 421 yards and four touch-downs to lead the Miami Dolphins to a 45-28 victory over Pittsburgh in the AFC championship game.

1994 — Nancy Kerrigan is attacked after practice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee then flees. Later that evening, Scott Davis wins the men’s U.S. Figure Skating title.

1999 — The NBA lockout ends on its 191st day after a divisive strug-gle that costs the owners and play-ers hundreds of millions of dollars.

2005 — For the first time in NBA history, a player leads his team in scoring without making a field goal. Detroit’s Richard Hamilton scores 14 points despite missing all 10 of his field goal attempts in a 101-79 loss to Memphis.

PREP baSkETballTrinity ripsTallulah Academy

Trinity blasted host Tallulah Academy 55-34 on Tuesday. Megan Givens scored 13 points to lead Tal-lulah Academy (13-5).

MlbAlomar, Blylevennamed to Hall

NEW YORK — Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven became Hall of Famers, the two-time World Series champions easily elected after narrow misses last year.

Alomar was picked on 90 percent of the ballots by the Baseball Writ-ers’ Association of America. The 12-time All-Star won a record 10 Gold Gloves at second base, hit .300 and helped the Toronto Blue Jays win titles in 1992-93.

Blyleven was picked on 79.7 per-cent — it takes 75 percent to reach the shrine. The great curveballer won 287 games, threw 60 shutouts and is fifth with 3,701 strikeouts. This was his 14th time on the ballot.

nflJets appealfine from NFL

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are appealing the $100,000 fine issued by the NFL last week for violating rules when assis-tant coach Sal Alosi ordered players to form a sideline wall, then tripped Miami’s Nolan Carroll during a punt return last month.

Meeting with the media for the first time since the fine, special teams coordinator Mike Westhoff said he didn’t want to comment, but revealed the Jets were appealing it by calling it “an unresolved issue.”

The NFL’s fine was in response to the actions of Alosi, the Jets’ strength and conditioning coach, and comments made by Westhoff, who said other teams employ simi-lar sideline tactics.

nbaHollins bans gamblingon Grizzlies’ team plane

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins banned gambling on team flights after a fight between Tony Allen and O.J. Mayo on board an airplane.

Team spokesman Dustin Krugel said the Grizzlies will allow “no more gambling” on flights. Their next road trip begins Friday night after hosting the Utah Jazz.

The team released a statement confirming that Allen and Mayo had a “brief altercation” on the charter flight back to Memphis on Monday from Los Angeles. The Grizzlies spent the night in California after beating the Lakers on Sunday.

The NBA has not ruled whether Allen or Mayo will face punishment from the league.

2010 - 11 bOWl SCHEdUlEDec. 18 New Mexico Bowl .........................................................BYU 52, UTEP 24

Dec. 18 Humanitarian Bowl .......................Northern Illinois 40, Fresno State 17

Dec. 18 New Orleans Bowl ......................................................... Troy 48, Ohio 21

Dec. 21 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl .......................... Louisville 31, Southern Miss 28

Dec. 22 MAACO Bowl ......................................................... Boise State 26, Utah 3

Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl .......................................... San Diego State 35, Navy 14

Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl ................................................................ Tulsa 62, Hawaii 35

Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl ............... Florida International 34, Toledo 32

Dec. 27 Independence Bowl ...................................Air Force 14, Georgia Tech 7

Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl ............ North Carolina State 23, West Virginia 7

Dec. 28 Insight Bowl ............................................................. Iowa 27, Missouri 24

Dec. 29 Military Bowl .............................................Maryland 51, East Carolina 20

Dec. 29 Texas Bowl ................................................................Illinois 38, Baylor 14

Dec. 29 Alamo Bowl ............................................ Oklahoma State 36, Arizona 10

Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl .......................................................Army 16, SMU 14

Dec. 30 Pinstripe Bowl .......................................... Syracuse 36, Kansas State 34

Dec. 30 Music City Bowl .........................North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27, 2OT

Dec. 30 Holiday Bowl ............................................... Washington 19, Nebraska 7

Dec. 31 Meineke Bowl ........................................... South Florida 31, Clemson 26

Dec. 31 Sun Bowl .......................................................... Notre Dame 33, Miami 17

Dec. 31 Liberty Bowl ...............................................Central Florida 10, Georgia 6

Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl ..............................Florida State 23, South Carolina 20

Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl ......................................Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38

Jan. 1 Capital One Bowl ....................................... Alabama 49, Michigan State 7

Jan. 1 Outback Bowl ..................................................... Florida 37, Penn State 24

Jan. 1 Gator Bowl ............................................Mississippi State 52, Michigan 14

Jan. 1 Rose Bowl .................................................................TCU 21, Wisconsin 19

Jan. 1 Fiesta Bowl ..................................................Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20

Jan. 3 Orange Bowl ................................................ Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12

Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl ......................................................Ohio State 31, Arkansas 26

Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl ..............Miami Ohio (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6) 7 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 7 Cotton Bowl ...............................................Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2) 7 p.m. Fox

Jan. 8 BBVA Compass Bowl ........................... Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6) 11 a.m. ESPN

Jan. 9 Fight Hunger Bowl .........................Boston College (7-5) vs. Nevada (12-1) 8 p.m. ESPN

Jan. 10 BCS National Championship ....................Auburn 13-0 vs. Oregon (12-0) 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Sunday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 3-9-3La. Pick 4: 6-3-8-5Monday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 1-8-7La. Pick 4: 3-1-1-1Tuesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 2-3-5La. Pick 4: 0-6-2-8Wednesday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 6-3-2La. Pick 4: 7-1-4-6Easy 5: 2-8-26-28-29La. Lotto: 1-7-14-27-35-40Powerball: 22-26-32-38-40Powerball: 7; Power play: 5Thursday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 3-1-6La. Pick 4: 8-7-4-8Friday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 6-4-7La. Pick 4: 7-5-1-5Saturday’s drawingLa. Pick 3: 7-3-6La. Pick 4: 9-7-2-3Easy 5: 3-7-8-14-31La. Lotto: 9-10-15-22-24-40Powerball: 18-22-37-47-54Powerball: 36; Power play: 2

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Golden State had been here before.

After fading badly in the second half of losses to Miami and Orlando before traveling to New Orleans, the Warriors decided to turn that trend around.

Former Lanier standout Monta Ellis scored 29 points and Golden State beat the New Orleans Hornets 110-103 on Wednesday night.

“We just pulled together as a team and made plays for each other,” Ellis said. “We needed this win.”

Trailing 82-72 after three quarters, they went on a 27-7 run in the first 7 minutes of the fourth to go ahead 99-89, then hit their free throws down the stretch to seal the victory after the Hornets got within two.

Stephen Curry had 21 points for Golden State, and Dorell Wright and David Lee each added 13.

Chris Paul led New Orleans with 24 points, one off his season high, but was score-less for the first 11 minutes of the fourth quarter. He also had 13 assists, but was on the bench at the start of the fourth when Golden State got back in the game.

The Warriors outscored the

Hornets 12-3 while he sat.“We have to get consis-

tent production out of our bench,” New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. “Too many times our starters are giving us leads and we’re not sustaining.”

David West and Marco Belinelli added 16 points apiece for the Hornets. Trevor Ariza scored 15.

Golden State finished a 2-3

road trip. New Orleans lost for the first time in four games.

Ellis sparked the deci-sive spurt with consecutive 3-pointers early in the fourth quarter and Wright gave the Warriors their first lead since the second with a 3 that made the score 90-89.

Golden State scored four points on its next trip down the court. Lee scored on a power move, fouling out New

Orleans center Emeka Okafor in the process. Okafor argued the call and was given a tech-nical, which Curry converted. Lee hit his free throw, too.

Ekpe Udoh followed with an inside basket and Curry drilled a 3-pointer as Golden State went ahead 99-89 with 4:15 left.

“Teams think that all we want to do is run up and down the floor, but in the end we know where our guys have to be in order to score,” Warriors coach Keith Smart said. “They did a great job of getting to the spots where we can run our offense the right way.”

The Hornets responded with a 12-2 run, getting six points in a row from Ariza. He con-verted his own four-point play, coming up with a steal and layup despite a hard foul from Curry, then grabbing the rebound of his missed free throw and dunking as the Hor-nets pulled within 101-95.

Ariza scored again, and Paul fed Willie Green for a transi-tion layup that cut the deficit to 101-99 with 2:34 left after Ellis missed from outside.

New Orleans had three chances to tie or go ahead on its next possession, but Belinelli clanged a 3-pointer and West got blocked inside.

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Saints place Thomas on IRBy Brett MartelThe Associated Press

METAIRIE, La. — The defending champion Saints will have to try to repeat with-out their top two power run-ning backs.

Pierre Thomas, one of the stars of last season’s Super Bowl run, was placed on injured reserve on Wednes-day because of his injured ankle. The Saints made that move only one day after plac-ing leading rusher Chris Ivory on injured reserve because of a left foot injury that occurred during Sunday’s regular season finale.

“That’s tough,” quarterback Drew Brees said of the loss of both running backs this week. “You can’t deny that just because of the physical presence they bring and obvi-ously their productivity.”

When the Saints (11-5) open the playoffs in Seattle (7-9) on Saturday, the only remaining healthy running backs from their regular season roster will be Reggie Bush and Julius Jones.

Bush missed eight games with a fracture in his lower right leg. He has rushed for only 150 yards and has not scored a rushing touchdown this season, but started to look stronger on Sunday against Tampa Bay, when he had 70 yards rushing on just nine car-

ries and had 55 yards receiv-ing on five catches.

Jones has 193 yards and no touchdowns rushing. The only other running backs on the roster are fourth-year pro DeShawn Wynn, who was signed on Tuesday but also was with the Saints during the preseason, and rookie Joique Bell, who was signed Wednes-day from the Philadelphia

Eagles’ practice squad.Brees said he remained

optimistic that the versatil-ity of the Saints’ offense and the way they spread the ball among so many players will allow them to weather such injuries perhaps better than most teams.

“In the end, you just work to the strengths of the guys that you have. You don’t worry

about what you don’t have, just what you have,” Brees said. “While you would love to have all of the guys and all of the elements that they bring, I feel like Reggie Bush can do some pretty special stuff and Julius Jones can do some pretty special stuff. Deshawn Wynn, when called upon, can do the job. You realize that the passing game may have to pick up some slack at times depending on how the game plan changes by having those guys in.”

Bush, who returned from his broken right fibula on Thanks-giving, said he has been feel-ing stronger lately and is look-ing forward to the chance to be the primary running back. However, he stressed that the success of the offense would hinge on many more factors than him.

Yet as the p layoffs approached, the Saints had been optimistic their offense would be better with Thomas, who scored memorable touch-downs in both the NFC title game and Super Bowl last season.

“It’s about a team effort. It’s not just about one person,” Bush said. “We have some mistakes that we made as a team throughout the season on offense, defense and spe-cial teams that we’ve got to clean up. The running back position is just one small piece of the puzzle.”

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New Orleans Saints running back Pierre Thomas runs away from Atlanta Falcons’ Curtis Lofton on Dec. 27. The Saints placed Thomas on injured reserve on Wednesday.

The associaTed pressOle Miss guard Chris Warren, right, goes up for a shot against SMU guard Rodney Clinkscales during the second half Wednesday. Ole Miss won 75-57.

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DALLAS (AP) — For any SEC opponent looking for a scouting report on Ole Miss from SMU coach Matt Doherty, they might not want to ask after what he saw Wednes-day night.

Not after the Rebels shot 69.6 percent in the second half, turning a close game into a 75-57 rout.

Ole Miss (12-3) will find out where it stacks up in the SEC when it plays at Florida on Sat-urday to open conference play. The Rebels will have good memories from their most recent half.

Chris Warren scored 19 points, including eight during a 23-4 second-half run. Zach Graham added 13 points to surpass 1,000 for his career, and Terrance Henry had 11 for the Rebels.

“With us starting SEC play in three days, it would be very easy for our guys to (look) for-

ward,” Rebels coach Andy Kennedy said. “But I thought we did a good job of locking in and doing what we needed to do.”

Robert Nyakundi hit six 3-pointers and finished with 22 points for the Mustangs (9-5), who had their five-game win-ning streak snapped.

Ole Miss led 36-35 before Henry hit a jumper with 17:06 remaining to spark the deci-sive spurt, which included three acrobatic dunks, the last by Graham for a 59-39 lead with 9:22 to go. SMU didn’t get closer than 14 the rest of the way.

Warren converted a three-point play with 10:29 to go after a steal by Trevor Gaskins and then made a 3-pointer to make it 57-39 with 9:40 to go.

Bulldogs regroupafter bad road trip

STARKVILLE (AP) — Mis-sissippi State’s trip to para-dise couldn’t have gone much worse. Now the Bulldogs are back home, trying to regroup after a disastrous road trip.

“It’s a new season,” MSU coach Rick Stansbury said. “It’s literally a new team and a new season for us.”

Not only did MSU lose four of five games during a whirlwind tour of the Bahamas, Hawaii and Las Vegas, the team was also embarrassed by a nation-ally televised brawl between troubled star Renardo Sidney and team captain Elgin Bailey that broke out in the stands during the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii.

Both players were sus-pended, but have since been reinstated. Bailey won’t be coming back — he’s decided to transfer. Sidney is expected to play when Mississippi State (8-6) hosts Alabama (8-6) Sat-urday in the conference opener for both teams.

During a Wednesday press conference, Stansbury refused comment on what led to those

decisions and the events in Hawaii, saying only, “The weather was great.”

But senior guard Riley Benock said the fight “came out of nowhere.”

“There’s obviously times during the year when you have arguments with team-mates, just competition and stuff like that,” Benock said. “For it to escalate to a certain level like it did, kind of sur-prised everybody I think.”

Adding to the program’s chaos, Stansbury also announced Wednesday that backup point guard Twany Beckham has decided to transfer.

Point guard Dee Bost, who was academically ineligible the first semester and then had to serve a nine-game NCAA suspension for failing to withdraw from the NBA Draft before the deadline, will play in his first game on Satur-day. Stansbury said Bost, who averaged 13 points per game and was second in the SEC in assists last season, will start against the Crimson Tide.

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Golden State forward Dorell Wright, center, shoots over New Orleans Hornets forward David West Wednesday.

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a 44-41 lead. On Houston’s ensuing trip, he blocked a Maurice McNeil jumper and made another 3.

Maurice Bolden followed Flowers’ lead, and heated up to score 10 of his 23 points in the final 10 minutes.

Flowers also blocked two shots and had 10 rebounds

to lead Southern Miss, which won the rebounding battle 26-20 and outscored the Cou-gars 38-26 in the paint.

Horton added 18 points and six assists for Southern Miss, which is off to its best start in school history.

Flowers and Bolden com-bined to shoot 19-of-26 from

the floor.“I thought it was a great

win,” Southern Miss coach Larry Eustachy said. “We shot the ball very well. Over-all, under these circum-stances, it was just a very, very good win.”

Adam Brown led the Cou-gars with 20 points, but Houston committed 16 turn-

overs to Southern Miss’ eight and its bench managed just 15 points. Maurice McNeil and Zamal Nixon added 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Houston shot 50 percent on 10-of-20 shots in the second half, but the Golden Eagles’ second-half surge was too much to overcome.

same freedom. It’s pretty much knowing what shot to take or not to take. The offense is finding somebody to help and get it to open players.”

Smith said Phelps’ scor-ing ability has been a big asset for the Griffons, who are 5-7 after a 75-63 loss to Northwest Missouri State on Wednesday. Phelps scored eight points in the defeat.

“Zones killed us early. Now

we’ve had two or three times where people have gone to zones and he’s shot them out of it,” Smith said. “He has unlimited range.”

Despite his success this season, both Phelps and Smith said there’s plenty to work on with his game. As good as he is on the offensive end, Phelps has never been an outstanding defender. Smith said he’s also shown a tendency lately to settle for

3-pointers instead of creating an easier shot.

They are shortcomings Phelps is well aware of.

“My defense. Being more strong with the ball,” he said when asked what he needs to work on.

If he can improve in those areas, Phelps might be able to continue his career beyond the college ranks. He said his goal is to play overseas or in a smaller

professional league. Smith said Phelps has some of the natural ability that will help separate him from European players competing for the same contracts.

“He has great body con-trol,” Smith said. “That’s one thing with the Euro-pean players, is there’s a lot of great shooters over there. His athletic ability can help him there.”

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THIS WEEK’S LINEUPn EXPANDED LISTINGSTV TIMES — Network, cable and satellite programs appear in Sunday’s TV Times magazine and online at www.vicksburgpost.com

MILESTONESn BIRTHDAYSEarl Scruggs, bluegrass performer, 87; Bonnie Franklin, ac-tress, 67; Malcolm Young, rock musician, 58; Rowan Atkinson, actor-comedian, 56; Kathy Sledge, rhythm-and-blues singer, 52; John Singleton, movie director, 43; Julie Chen, TV person-ality, 41. n DEATHDick King-Smith — The British children’s author whose novel “The Sheep-Pig” inspired the hit movie “Babe” has died at the age of 88. His publisher, Random House Children’s Books, said in a statement that the writer died in his sleep early Tuesday morn-ing at his home near Bath, about 100 miles west of London, af-ter suffering from poor health in recent years. King-Smith was honored by Queen Elizabeth II when he received an Order of the British Empire last year for his services to children’s literature.

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George Jones hospitalized in NashvilleCountry Music Hall of Fame member George

Jones is hospitalized in Nashville.A statement from his publicist, Kirt Webster,

says Jones went in for an annual checkup on Wednesday, and doctors required him to stay overnight to continue monitoring him.

He is expected to be released today.The 79-year-old joked in the statement that he

didn’t want to drive back to his home just out-side Nashville in cold weather so he decided to stay at the hospital.

Jones has earned numerous awards and charted more than a dozen No. 1 hits throughout his long career, including the clas-sic song “He Stopped Loving Her Today.”

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992.

Hogan to sue for failed tax probe“Crocodile Dundee” star Paul Hogan will sue

the Australian government for damaging his reputation during a failed criminal investigation into his tax dealings.

Fairfax Media on Thursday reported that Ho-gan’s lawyer said the actor could seek up to $80 million for his loss of earnings from the five-year probe.

Lawyer Andrew Robinson is quoted as saying: “His earning potential and reputation has been decimated in the international community and it has had that level of effect on his position.”

Robinson did not immediately return a call from The Associ-ated Press.

Investigators sought to prove suspicions that Hogan used off-shore bank accounts to conceal earnings after his “Crocodile Dundee” trilogy became a hit in 1986. The investigation was dropped in November.

White calls herself ‘technological spaz’Betty White joked that Facebook seemed like a huge waste

of time during her wildly successful hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live.” Turns out she wasn’t kidding.

“That was a line that was written for me, and I would have said it myself, but I didn’t know what Facebook was, and I still don’t,” the actress said Wednesday at the Television Critics Association’s winter meeting.

White landed the “SNL” gig thanks to a popular campaign on Facebook.

She admitted she doesn’t own a computer, forcing “Hot in Cleveland” co-star Valerie Bertinelli to call White instead of e-mailing her.

White turns 89 on Jan. 17, and will be feted at a birthday bash in New York. She’s enjoying a career resurgence, with “Hot in Cleveland” set to begin its second season Jan. 19 on TV Land.

“You’ve had such an overdose of me lately,” she said. “I’m trying to cut down. I really am.”

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Suspect’s wife sees photo, calls policeAuthorities south of Tampa, Fla., said a man confessed to rob-

bing a bank after his wife saw a surveillance photo on the eve-ning news and alerted them.

A camera got a clear shot of the man with a pony tail and scruffy beard robbing the First Bank in Bradenton Tuesday. The robber got away.

But Manatee County Sheriff’s officials got a break Tuesday evening when Afra Sandifar saw a news report about the rob-bery. She called authorities and told them her husband was the robber. That’s when 45-year-old Troy Sandifar fled the couple’s apartment.

Deputies stopped his vehicle but Troy Sandifar refused to get out. They say he ingested what appeared to be drugs be-fore they were able to arrest him. He was taken to the hospital, where authorities say he confessed.


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Homeless man with velvety voice gets jobCLEVELAND (AP) — From

homeless to household name.Ted Williams, whose deep,

velvety voice and touching story prompted an outpouring of sympathy and job offers from across the country, has become an overnight sensation.

He’s America’s hottest — and most improbable — star.

Today, Williams, who was living in a tent near a high-way in Columbus, Ohio, just days ago, will be in New York for an emotional reunion with his 90-year-old mother and to appear on NBC’s “Today” show — one of many interview requests to come his way in the past two days.

“I can’t believe what’s going on,” Williams said Wednesday. “God gave me a million-dollar voice, and I just hope I can do right by him.”

Left homeless after his life and radio career were ruined by drugs and alcohol, Williams has been offered a job by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 53-year-old is being pur-sued by NFL Films and others for possible work. Williams and his compelling tale became an online sensation after The Columbus Dispatch posted a clip of him demonstrating his voiceover skills while begging by the side of the road.

Now, he’s in demand.“This has been totally, totally

amazing,” Williams said, his voice choking with emotion. “I’m just so thankful. God has blessed me so deeply. I’m getting a second chance. Amazing.”

Williams was contacted Wednesday by the Cavaliers, who have offered him a position that could include announcing work at Quicken Loans Arena, the team’s downtown facility. Williams said the team has offered him a two-year con-tract and said they would pay

his living expenses.It’s been a shocking turn of

events for the golden-voiced man, who had gotten by living in shelters and occasionally with family and friends over the past few years. Williams has also been in his share of trouble. His past includes a lengthy list of arrests. He has served time in prison for theft and forgery and has been cited with numerous misdemeanors, including drug abuse.

He was most recently arrested on May 14. He pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor theft charge. In court records, his address is listed as “Streets of Columbus.”

Upon learning of Williams’ criminal history, the Cavaliers said their offer still stands.

“We believe in second chances and second opportunities,” said Tracy Marek, the team’s senior vice president of marketing. “The gentleman deserves an opportunity to explain certain

situations. We’re not jumping to conclusions. It’s not fair.”

Cavaliers spokesman Tad Carper said exact details of the team’s offer and their plans to help Williams with housing were still being worked out.

The Cavaliers did not know much about him, but were moved by Williams’ ordeal.

“When you know something’s right, you just have to launch,” Marek said. “One of the big things that we talk about here, with our organization, is how important urgency is — when you see something that feels good and seems right.”

During a timeout in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game against Toronto, the Cav-aliers put a picture of Williams on their giant scoreboard and urged fans to send him mes-sages at www.wewanttedwil-liams.com.

Williams flew Wednesday night to New York, where he was expected to stay in a posh

hotel off Central Park. He plans to see his mother, Julia, who lives in Brooklyn. She has stood by him during his battles with addiction.

Julia Williams is thrilled her only child is turning his life around. She can’t wait to see him.

“This will be my day to see my son get up and do something to help himself,” she said. “He has so much talent. I hope this will be the thing for him. He came from a nice family. And then he went poor, poor. So, maybe this will build him up and let him see that there’s more in life than hanging around with the wrong people, and taking drugs.”

Williams said his life began spiraling downward in 1996 when he began drinking alco-hol “pretty bad.” He used mar-ijuana and cocaine and lost interest in his radio career. He eventually wound up on the streets.

‘Twilight,’ ‘House’ top People’s Choice AwardsLOS ANGELES (AP) —

Dreamy vampires, a surly doctor and a rapper in “Recov-ery” are top winners at the People’s Choice Awards.

“The Twil ight Saga: Eclipse,” TV’s “House M.D.” and Eminem each won four awards at Wednesday’s cer-emony, hosted by Queen Lat-ifah at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

Fans picked “Twilight” as their favorite overall movie and favorite drama. Stars Kris-ten Stewart, Robert Pattin-son and Taylor Lautner were their favorite on-screen team, and Stewart also won actress honors.

Johnny Depp was fans’ favor-ite actor, Jackie Chan won for action star, Adam Sandler won for comedic star, and “Toy Story 3” was voted favorite family movie.

“House M.D.” was TV’s top

winner. The show was fans’ favorite television drama, and stars Hugh Laurie and Lisa Edelstein were the favorite actor and actress in the drama

category. Laurie’s character, Gregory House, was named favorite TV doctor.

“Glee” was voted top TV comedy, and star Jane Lynch

was the favorite comedy actress. Neil Patrick Harris won comedy actor honors.

Eminem dominated the music category. He was fans’ favorite hip-hop artist and male musician, and his song with Rihanna, “Love the Way You Lie,” won favorite song and music video. Katy Perry was a double winner: favor-ite female artist and favorite online sensation.

Rihanna, Usher and Taylor Swift were named favorite pop, R&B and country artist, respectively.

Fans chose the winners in all categories.


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Robert Pattinson, from left, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner accept the award for favorite movie at the People’s Choice Awards Wednesday.

Bodyguard: Jackson docsaid to put vials in bag

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Michael Jackson’s lifeless body lay on a bed in his palatial mansion, a bodyguard obeyed a frantic doctor’s instructions to bag up medicine bottles and intravenous bags and shield the Jackson children from seeing their father — all before being told to call 911, court testimony revealed Wednesday.

Alberto Alvarez said he was the first security guard to reach Jackson’s room after word came that something was wrong. He described a shock-ing scene.

The King of Pop was on his bed connected to an IV tube and a urinary catheter. His eyes and mouth were open, and Dr. Conrad Murray was leaning over him doing one-handed chest compressions to try to revive him.

Alvarez said he was “frozen” at the sight.

“I said, ‘Dr. Murray, what hap-pened?’ And he said, ‘He had a reaction. He had a bad reac-tion,”’ Alvarez recalled.

The testimony came during a preliminary hearing to

determine if Murray, the singer’s per-sonal phy-sician, will be tried on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.Authori-

ties contend Murray gave Jackson a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and other sedatives in the bedroom of his rented man-sion before he died on June 25, 2009.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren said in his opening statement that Jack-son was already dead when Murray summoned help and tried to conceal his administer-ing of propofol to the pop star, ordering the bodyguard to col-lect items before paramedics were called.

Murray was providing Jack-son propofol roughly six times a week since being hired as his physician in May 2009, as Jack-son prepared for a series of comeback concerts.

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Taking illicit photographs could land girl in legal hot waterDear Abby: I would like to

share some important infor-mation with “Don’t Want to Lose Him in the U.S.A.” (Nov. 10). She’s the young lady who is being pressured by her boy-friend to take photos of her classmates in the girls’ locker room.

The students at the high school where I teach recently attended a program on Inter-net and online safety. One of the things that really sur-prised them was learning cell phone calls don’t just go from one phone to another. All text messages and calls are transmitted through cell phone towers, which route the calls or texts to the company’s server. All sent messages and photos are stored on the pro-vider’s server. This means pic-tures deleted from the phone are never really deleted —

and text messages and photos never go away. They still exist in the virtual world.

Should those pictures become the center of a court case, the information is subject to “discovery.” With the right equipment, law enforcement can retrieve deleted photos from anyone’s cell phone.

Don’t Want to Lose Him needs to clearly understand she might be prosecuted for producing, distributing and possessing child pornography. — A Hight School Teacher in

Churchville, Va.Dear Teacher: Thank you

for delivering a valuable mes-sage that may provide a wake-up call for all my readers. Read on:

Dear Abby: Refusing to take the photos, but keep-ing it quiet, is not enough. I think Don’t Want to Lose Him should make copies of your column and paste them on every locker to warn all the girls they are at risk — even when they think they have pri-vacy. She should also tell the principal, who may be able to provide extra protection. — Sheila in Gig Harbor, Wash.

Dear Abby: I think the issue of that young wom-an’s low self-esteem should be addressed. Her boyfriend is holding her hostage to his wishes and desires, and will probably always do so if she

continues to stay with him. It’s important that Don’t Want to Lose Him learns to love the principled, intelligent person she already is and continue to stand up for herself. Even-tually, someone will appreci-ate her good qualities and she won’t have to settle for less than she deserves. — Been There in Arizona

Dear Abby: I am a mental health professional. What Don’t Want to Lose Him is being pressed to do is called “sexting,” and it is a criminal offense in almost every state in the U.S. The young lady and whoever receives and distrib-utes those photos could be convicted of a felony, serve prison time and live the rest of their lives as registered sex offenders.

There have been cases of young people — victims of

sexting — who have commit-ted suicide over the humilia-tion of being exposed against their will. Once these photos go “viral,” they are on the Internet forever. Parents, friends, teachers and schools need to make it a priority to talk to kids about the moral, legal and social ramifications of taking these kinds of photos

of themselves and others. — Jacqueline in Gibsonia, Pa.

•Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.Dear Abby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Teflon is not health riskwhen used appropriately

Dear Dr. Gott: My wife is systematically discarding all of our Teflon-coated pots, pans and utensils in response to a perceived concern that Teflon is a health risk. Furthermore, we are significantly reduc-ing our purchases of canned goods because of the plas-tic lining or thin film placed inside cans. Plastic ware is also being replaced with glass. Are there any realistic or mea-surable health issues associ-ated with Teflon and plastic to justify such a concern?

Dear Reader: I had to research the topic carefully because of so many conflicting views on the subject.

In January 2005, CBS Health-watch covered the Teflon issue, reporting that people throughout the United States could face “a potential risk of developmental and other adverse effects” from expo-sure to low levels of a chemi-cal used in making the non-stick substance Teflon.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency issued a draft assessment of the possible risks of perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, known as PFOA, or C8. The agency emphasized its assessment was prelimi-nary and that there were sig-nificant uncertainties in its quantitative assessment of the risks of PFOA. Studies per-formed on animals revealed that PFOA is carcinogenic in rats, but the potential hazard for humans is less certain. The assessment suggested that the chemical targets the liver of rodents and went on to indi-cate PFOA could raise choles-terol and triglyceride levels in people. DuPont, the maker of Teflon, retaliated, reporting their study failed to disclose any health problems.

Health Watch Center indi-cates Teflon has received a bad rap of late. The connection between Teflon and serious health problems is tenuous. PFOA is used in the manufac-ture of the coating, rather than being found in the final prod-uct. So it seems coated prod-ucts can be safe to use as long as we buy good-quality prod-ucts, don’t heat pans to very high temperatures (above 500 F), and use wooden or plas-tic spoons and spatulas when stirring or turning foods.

Nonstick coatings may begin to deteriorate at temperatures above 500 F. Coatings may decompose and emit fumes. DuPont indicates that Teflon will not decompose until tem-peratures reach about 600 F, and cooking anything at that temperature would burn food beyond any edible state.

There was an issue a few years ago about birds dying from the inhalation of cooking fumes, regardless of whether it was nonstick or otherwise. Birds have extremely sensi-tive respiratory systems and should not be in the kitchen or cooking area, so this cannot be blamed on DuPont.

Stainless steel, a combi-nation of several metals, includes nickel, chromium and molybdenum. Should the stainless steel become pitted, those metals have the poten-

tial to enter foods. Anodized aluminum, copper, ceramic or other glass cookware may be safe alternatives, but the most widely used one appears to be cast iron. Minimal iron seeps off the utensil and into food products, but the body needs iron to produce red blood cells. It’s a safe addi-tive, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Take precautions by using plastic or wood spoons and spatulas.

As far as canned goods and plastic are concerned, I don’t believe there is an issue.

•Write to Dr. Peter Gott in care of United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, NY 10016.

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TOMORROW’S HOROSCOPEBY BERNICE BEDE OSOL • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION

TWEEN 12 & 20BY DR. ROBERT WALLACE • NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION

Dr. Wallace: I am a 15-year-old young woman who really needs to hear from you. Last year, I became pregnant. The guy involved dropped me and left town. After thinking of what to do, I told my mom. We decided it was best for me to have the baby, but then to put it up for adoption. I knew that I was un-able to raise a baby because my parents don’t have a lot of money, and since I’m still a child myself.

A month ago, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. I never saw my son, but I did meet the couple who became his adoptive parents. They are financially secure, and I know that they will provide for my son in a way that I never could. I know that my son is with a loving couple in a safe, healthy environment, but I still can’t help but wonder if I really made the right decision.

As a 15-year-old, I should be concentrating on being a nor-mal, happy teenager — going to the movies with friends, get-ting my driver’s permit, going to the prom and doing other fun things. None of these things matter to me anymore. All I can do is think about my son. I can’t function at school and I cry myself to sleep every night. I’m crying as I write this letter, and my eyes are swollen from hours of crying.

I know that my baby is getting a life that I could never give him. But when I agreed to give him up for adoption, I didn’t real-ize my decision could make me so miserable. I’m totally aware that there is nothing much you can do for me, but if you can as-sure me in any way that I made the right choice, I will be forever grateful. — Nameless, Dallas.

Nameless: You are a brave young lady. I can assure you 100 percent that you made the best decision for both your son and you. I’m positive that you would have done everything in your power to be a loving and caring mother, but knowing your son is with a loving couple in a safe and healthy environment will always bring you the peace of mind that you made the right de-cision. May the good Lord bless you and give you the strength you will need to live a joyous life.

•Dr. Robert Wallace writes for Copley News Service. E-mail him at rwallace@Copley News Service.

If tomorrow is your birthday: You might take it upon yourself to establish far more important objectives than usual in future months. Whether or not you’ll be able to do all of them will de-pend upon your knowledge, skills and the time you have allot-ted.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — There is no need to let friends pressure you into making a commitment to do something that you feel you won’t enjoy or for which you can’t justify spending the money. Be your own person.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Poor sportsmanship could tar-nish your image, so be sure, when you involve yourself in a com-petitive event, to remain graceful and gracious should you lose.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) — Just because someone you know is a far better talker than most people doesn’t mean this per-son’s ideas are better than yours or anybody else’s. Follow your own thinking. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Keep to yourself anything that your instincts warn you not to share. Usually when your inner voice speaks, it is wise to heed its advice. To go against it is folly of the highest order.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Normally you are someone who faces the truth and doesn’t beat around the bush, so it is a sur-prise to see you being an apple polisher for someone you think can do you a favor.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — If you aren’t attentive to instruc-tions on how to handle something or tackle a particular job, when you try to do it, you will wish you had been a better lis-tener.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — You’re not usually much of a gam-bler, but if you’ve been on a losing streak in general, you might attempt to take a chance on a social game that you’re playing with friends. Better keep the stakes low, and know when to fold ‘em.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Abide by the original plans that you and your friends agreed to, even if you now believe that, be-cause they have lost their luster, you would like to do some-thing different.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Be prepared to come up with some pretty imaginative excuses when explaining to a friend why you didn’t do a favor for him/her as you had promised, or expect to lose all creditability.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you don’t have as tight of a grip on your credit cards as you should, chances are you will go hog wild and load them up with a lot of imprudent purchases.Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Making huge issues out of situ-ations you normally wouldn’t blink over is deliberately asking for trouble to erupt within the household. Get back in character and be tolerant of your kin.Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Usually, creative and imagina-tive ideas abound within you, whether they are about what to do or where to go, but not so currently. Let someone else make the plans.

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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 25,2007, DAVID W. ACUFF, AMARRIED MAN ANDMELODY D. ACUFF executed a Deed of Trust toRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMSINC., AS A NOMINEE FORCOUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS. INC., which Deed ofTrust was filed on January31, 2007 and recorded inBook 1635 at Page 516 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Trustee, will on January 27, 2011, offer forsale at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash, within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:BEGINNING AT AN IRONPIPE ON THE WESTRIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OFTHE OLD U.S. HIGHWAY80, SAID POINT BEING2870 FEET, MORE ORLESS, SOUTHERLY FROMTHE INTERSECTION OFSAID OLD HIGHWAY 80AND BEECHWOOD ROAD,AND SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THECORNER OF THE JOHN H.HALL AND F. J. DURMANPROPERTY. FROM THEABOVE DESCRIBEDPOINT OF BEGINNING,LEAVING SAID OLD HIGHWAY AND RUNALONG AN OLD FENCELINE NORTH 77 DEGREES00 MINUTES WEST 162.09FEET TO AN OLD FENCECORNER; THENCE CON-TINUE ALONG AN, OLDFENCE LINE, NORTH 26DEGREES 32 MINUTESEAST 146.92 FEET TO ANOLD FENCE CORNER;THENCE RUN ALONG ANOLD FENCE LINE, SOUTH65 DEGREES 41 MINUTESEAST 141.01 FEET TO ANOLD IRON PIPE FOUND INA FENCE CORNER ANDTHE WEST LINE OF SAIDOLD HIGHWAY 80;THENCE RUN ALONG THEWEST LINE OF SAID OLDHIGHWAY, SOUTH 18 DEGREES 14 MINUTESWEST, 115.65 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING0.45 ACRE, MORE ORLESS LYING AND BEINGSITUATE IN SECTION 29,TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH,RANGE 4 EAST, WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature on this 16th day of November, 2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 - 0120181PARCEL No. 009603DHGW 56083G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 25,2007, DAVID W. ACUFF, AMARRIED MAN ANDMELODY D. ACUFF executed a Deed of Trust toRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMSINC., AS A NOMINEE FORCOUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS. INC., which Deed ofTrust was filed on January31, 2007 and recorded inBook 1635 at Page 516 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Trustee, will on January 27, 2011, offer forsale at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash, within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:BEGINNING AT AN IRONPIPE ON THE WESTRIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OFTHE OLD U.S. HIGHWAY80, SAID POINT BEING2870 FEET, MORE ORLESS, SOUTHERLY FROMTHE INTERSECTION OFSAID OLD HIGHWAY 80AND BEECHWOOD ROAD,AND SAID POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THECORNER OF THE JOHN H.HALL AND F. J. DURMANPROPERTY. FROM THEABOVE DESCRIBEDPOINT OF BEGINNING,LEAVING SAID OLD HIGHWAY AND RUNALONG AN OLD FENCELINE NORTH 77 DEGREES00 MINUTES WEST 162.09FEET TO AN OLD FENCECORNER; THENCE CON-TINUE ALONG AN, OLDFENCE LINE, NORTH 26DEGREES 32 MINUTESEAST 146.92 FEET TO ANOLD FENCE CORNER;THENCE RUN ALONG ANOLD FENCE LINE, SOUTH65 DEGREES 41 MINUTESEAST 141.01 FEET TO ANOLD IRON PIPE FOUND INA FENCE CORNER ANDTHE WEST LINE OF SAIDOLD HIGHWAY 80;THENCE RUN ALONG THEWEST LINE OF SAID OLDHIGHWAY, SOUTH 18 DEGREES 14 MINUTESWEST, 115.65 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING, CONTAINING0.45 ACRE, MORE ORLESS LYING AND BEINGSITUATE IN SECTION 29,TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH,RANGE 4 EAST, WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature on this 16th day of November, 2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 - 0120181PARCEL No. 009603DHGW 56083G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: ESTATE OFCHARLES REX BINGHAM,DECEASEDPROBATE NO. 2010-161PRGWENDOLYN M. BINGHAM, ADMINISTRATRIXNOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE is hereby given thatLetters of Administration onthe Estate of Charles RexBingham, Deceased, Probate No. 2010-161PR,were granted to the undersigned by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi on the21st day of December, 2010,and all persons havingclaims against said Estateare hereby notified and required to have the sameprobated and registered bythe Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi,within ninety (90) days afterthe date of the first publication of this notice, and a failure to probate andregister a claim within ninety(90) days from said first dateof publication will bar theclaim forever.WITNESS my signature onthis the 22nd day of December, 2001./s/ Gwendolyn M. BinghamAdministratrixOf Counsel:Robert G. EllisEllis, Braddock & Dees, Ltd.901 Belmont StreetVicksburg, MS 39180601-636-5433Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: ESTATE OFCHARLES REX BINGHAM,DECEASEDPROBATE NO. 2010-161PRGWENDOLYN M. BINGHAM, ADMINISTRATRIXNOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE is hereby given thatLetters of Administration onthe Estate of Charles RexBingham, Deceased, Probate No. 2010-161PR,were granted to the undersigned by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi on the21st day of December, 2010,and all persons havingclaims against said Estateare hereby notified and required to have the sameprobated and registered bythe Chancery Clerk of Warren County, Mississippi,within ninety (90) days afterthe date of the first publication of this notice, and a failure to probate andregister a claim within ninety(90) days from said first dateof publication will bar theclaim forever.WITNESS my signature onthis the 22nd day of December, 2001./s/ Gwendolyn M. BinghamAdministratrixOf Counsel:Robert G. EllisEllis, Braddock & Dees, Ltd.901 Belmont StreetVicksburg, MS 39180601-636-5433Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)


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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 25,2008, Jamey L. Douglas andWendy C. Douglas executeda Deed of Trust to J. PatrickCaldwell as Trustee for thebenefit of BancorpSouthBank, which Deed of Trustwas recorded in Book 1693,Page 254 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BancorpSouthBank, the holder of saidDeed of Trust and the Notesecured thereby, substitutedScot P. Goldsholl as Trusteein place of the afore-men-tioned original Trustee, asauthorized by the termsthereof, as evidenced by aninstrument dated December15, 2010, and record! ed inBook 1516, Page 793 in theOffice of the Chancery Clerkof Warren County,Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BancorpSouth Bank, havingrequested the undersignedSubstitute Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, I, ScotP. Goldsholl, SubstituteTrustee, will on January 27,2011, offer for sale at publicoutcry to the highest bidderfor cash, within legal hours(between the hours of 11:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at thefront steps of the WarrenCounty Courthouse in Vicksburg, Warren County,Mississippi, the following-described property:That part of Section 9, Township 14 North, Range 4East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularlydescribed as follows, to wit:Beginning at a point on theNorth right of way line ofFisher Ferry Road, said pointbeing South 79 degrees 00minutes East, 338.5 feetfrom the Southwest Cornerof Mrs. Virginia F. Watt'sproperty as is described inDeed Book 324 at Page 64of the Land Deed Records ofWarren County, Mississippi;thence along and with theright of way of Fisher FerryRoad, South 87 degrees 00minutes East, 232.5 feet toan iron rod; thence North 1degree 30 minutes West,509.0 feet to an iron rod;thence South 87 degrees 10minutes West, 238.0 feet toan iron rod; thence South 5degrees 19 minutes East,187.5 feet to an iron rod;thence South 0 degrees 30minutes East, 298.0 feet tothe Point of Beginning, andcontaining 2.67 acres, moreor less. Title to the above describedproperty is believed to begood, but I will convey onlysuch title as vested in me asSubstitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 16th day of December, 2010. /s/ Scot P. Goldsholl, Substitute TrusteeDyke, Henry, Goldsholl & Winzerling PLC415 North McKinley, Suite555Little Rock, AR 72205Telephone No. 501-661-1000THIS DOCUMENT PREPARED BY:DYKE, HENRY, GOLDSHOLL & WINZERLING, P.L.C.415 N. McKinley, Ste 1177Little Rock, AR 72205Telephone No. (501) 661-1000DHGW No. 57639G-1Publish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 25,2008, Jamey L. Douglas andWendy C. Douglas executeda Deed of Trust to J. PatrickCaldwell as Trustee for thebenefit of BancorpSouthBank, which Deed of Trustwas recorded in Book 1693,Page 254 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BancorpSouthBank, the holder of saidDeed of Trust and the Notesecured thereby, substitutedScot P. Goldsholl as Trusteein place of the afore-men-tioned original Trustee, asauthorized by the termsthereof, as evidenced by aninstrument dated December15, 2010, and record! ed inBook 1516, Page 793 in theOffice of the Chancery Clerkof Warren County,Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BancorpSouth Bank, havingrequested the undersignedSubstitute Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, I, ScotP. Goldsholl, SubstituteTrustee, will on January 27,2011, offer for sale at publicoutcry to the highest bidderfor cash, within legal hours(between the hours of 11:00a.m. and 4:00 p.m.) at thefront steps of the WarrenCounty Courthouse in Vicksburg, Warren County,Mississippi, the following-described property:That part of Section 9, Township 14 North, Range 4East, Warren County, Mississippi, more particularlydescribed as follows, to wit:Beginning at a point on theNorth right of way line ofFisher Ferry Road, said pointbeing South 79 degrees 00minutes East, 338.5 feetfrom the Southwest Cornerof Mrs. Virginia F. Watt'sproperty as is described inDeed Book 324 at Page 64of the Land Deed Records ofWarren County, Mississippi;thence along and with theright of way of Fisher FerryRoad, South 87 degrees 00minutes East, 232.5 feet toan iron rod; thence North 1degree 30 minutes West,509.0 feet to an iron rod;thence South 87 degrees 10minutes West, 238.0 feet toan iron rod; thence South 5degrees 19 minutes East,187.5 feet to an iron rod;thence South 0 degrees 30minutes East, 298.0 feet tothe Point of Beginning, andcontaining 2.67 acres, moreor less. Title to the above describedproperty is believed to begood, but I will convey onlysuch title as vested in me asSubstitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 16th day of December, 2010. /s/ Scot P. Goldsholl, Substitute TrusteeDyke, Henry, Goldsholl & Winzerling PLC415 North McKinley, Suite555Little Rock, AR 72205Telephone No. 501-661-1000THIS DOCUMENT PREPARED BY:DYKE, HENRY, GOLDSHOLL & WINZERLING, P.L.C.415 N. McKinley, Ste 1177Little Rock, AR 72205Telephone No. (501) 661-1000DHGW No. 57639G-1Publish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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01. LegalsIN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN RE: THE ESTATE OFROBERT LAWRENCEHARDEN, DECEASEDNO.2010-156PRNOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE is hereby given thatLetters of Administration ofthe Estate of RobertLawrence Harden, Deceased, were granted tothe undersigned by theChancery Court of WarrenCounty, Mississippi on the15th day of December, 2010 and all persons having claimsagainst said estate are hereby notified and requiredto have the same probatedand registered by the Clerkof said Court as required bylaw within ninety (90) days of the date of the first publication of this Notice toCreditors. Failure to so dowill forever bar such claims.WITNESS my signature this the 15th day of December, 2010._____________________MICHAEL RAY HARDENPublish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

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TRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on August 21,2006, KIM L. HENDERSONexecuted a Deed of Trust toRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRA-TION SYSTEMS, INC., AS ANOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC.,which Deed of Trust wasfiled on August 21, 2006 andrecorded as Instrument No.236285 in Book 1609 atPage 1 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC.substituted NationwideTrustee Services, Inc. asTrustee therein in place ofthe afore-mentioned originalTrustee, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recorded inBook 1478 at Page 397 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOM! ELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, re-ap-pointed RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recorded asInstrument No. 282387 inBook 1514 at Page 388 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, having requested the undersigned Trustee to execute the trust and sellsaid land and property in accordance with the terms ofsaid Deed of Trust for thepurpose of raising the sumsdue thereunder, togetherwith attorney's fees, Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Trustee, will on January 27, 2011, offer forsale at public outcry to thehighest bidder for cash, with-in legal hours (between thehours of 11:00 a.m. - 4:00p.m.) at the front steps of theWarren County Courthousein Vicksburg, Mississippi, thefollowing-described property:ALL OF LOT 5 OF BROAD-MOOR SUBDIVISION,PART 1, A PLAT OF WHICHIS OF RECORD IN BOOK116 AT PAGE 231 OF THELAND RECORDS OF WARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 16th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /S/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0120180PARCEL No. 1088-28-0260-005800DHGW 56082G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFCLEOPHUS BROWN, SR.,DECEASEDFELICIA BROWN JOHNSON, PETITIONERCAUSE NO. 2010-132PRNOTICE TO CREDITORSLetters of Administrationhaving been granted on the1st day of October, 2010 bythe Chancery Court of HindsCounty, Mississippi in theCause No. 2010-132PR tothe undersigned on the Estate of Cleophus Brown,Sr., deceased, notice ishereby given to all personshaving claims against the estate of the deceased topresent the same to theClerk of the said Court ofprobate and registration, according to law, within ninety (90) days from the firstpublication of this Notice orthey will be forever barred.THIS, the 3rd day of December, 2010./s/ Felicia Brown JohnsonFELICIA BROWN JOHNSONADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OFCLEOPHUS BROWN, SR.,DECEASEDBRIDGETT M. CLAYTON,ESQUIREMSB# 10247HERITAGE BUILDING-SUITE 301401 E. CAPITOL STREETJACKSON, MS 39201TELEPHONE: (601)961-9494FACSIMILE: (601)961-9495Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

IN THE CHANCERYCOURT OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPIIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFCLEOPHUS BROWN, SR.,DECEASEDFELICIA BROWN JOHNSON, PETITIONERCAUSE NO. 2010-132PRNOTICE TO CREDITORSLetters of Administrationhaving been granted on the1st day of October, 2010 bythe Chancery Court of HindsCounty, Mississippi in theCause No. 2010-132PR tothe undersigned on the Estate of Cleophus Brown,Sr., deceased, notice ishereby given to all personshaving claims against the estate of the deceased topresent the same to theClerk of the said Court ofprobate and registration, according to law, within ninety (90) days from the firstpublication of this Notice orthey will be forever barred.THIS, the 3rd day of December, 2010./s/ Felicia Brown JohnsonFELICIA BROWN JOHNSONADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OFCLEOPHUS BROWN, SR.,DECEASEDBRIDGETT M. CLAYTON,ESQUIREMSB# 10247HERITAGE BUILDING-SUITE 301401 E. CAPITOL STREETJACKSON, MS 39201TELEPHONE: (601)961-9494FACSIMILE: (601)961-9495Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

NOTICEOFINTENTION TO DIVERT OR WITHDRAW FOR BENEFICIAL USETHE PUBLIC WATERS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPINotice is hereby given that on the 10h day of November 2010, Willow Break, LLC, 5043 KayBrook Dr., Byram, MS 39272, filed applications for permits to continue to divert or withdrawthe public waters of the State of Mississippi for beneficial use from the MS River Valley Allu-vial Aquifer, in the county of Warren, for Wildlife Management purposes, subject to existingrights, the following amounts of water at the indicated locations:PERMIT# VOLUME RATE LOCATIONMS-GW-38242 150 AF/YR 3000 GPM NE NW S34 T9N R5WMS-GW-38243 40 AF/YR 2500 GPM SW SE S28 T9N R5WMS-GW-38244 60 AF/YR 3000 GPM SE SW S22 T9N R5WAny person, firm, association, or corporation, deeming that the granting of the above applica-tions will be truly detrimental to their rights to utilize the waters of said source, may protest inwriting to the Permit Board of the State of Mississippi, C/O Lisa A. May, P.O. Box 2309, Jack-son, Mississippi 39225, setting forth all reasons why said applications should not be ap-proved. Letters of protest must be received within ten (10) days of this publication. If notprotested, permits will be issued on or after ten (10) days following publication date.If protested, the applications will be taken for consideration by the Permit Board of the State ofMississippi in its offices at 515 East Amite Street, Jackson, Mississippi, on or after, Tuesday,the 8th day of February 2011, at which time all interested persons may appear and be heardby the Permit Board.OFFICE OF LAND AND WATER RESOURCESLisa A. May, RPGPermitting Branch ChiefPublish: 1/6(1t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 22,2009, LAQUITA REED ANDRODRICK REED, WIFEAND HUSBAND executed aDeed of Trust to CHARLESA. MYERS as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORREALTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A MISSISSIPPI CORPORATION, whichDeed of Trust was filed onJanuary 30, 2009 andrecorded as Instrument No.264534 in Book 1699 atPage 751 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recordedas/in Instrument No. 282593and in Book 1514 at Page520 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt se-cured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and prop-erty in accordance with theterms of said Deed of Trustfor the purpose of raising thesums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees,Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RE-CONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:ALL OF LOT 14, BLOCK C,LAKE HILL PARK SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDINGTO A MAP OR PLATTHEREOF ON FILE ANDOF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THECHANCERY CLERK OFWARREN COUNTY ATVICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPIIN DEED BOOK 116 ATPAGE 251, REFERENCETO WHICH IS HEREBYMADE IN AID OF AND AS A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substi-tute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 17th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124068PARCEL No.111201153C015600DHGW 56173G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)


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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on January 22,2009, LAQUITA REED ANDRODRICK REED, WIFEAND HUSBAND executed aDeed of Trust to CHARLESA. MYERS as Trustee for the benefit of MORTGAGEELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORREALTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, A MISSISSIPPI CORPORATION, whichDeed of Trust was filed onJanuary 30, 2009 andrecorded as Instrument No.264534 in Book 1699 atPage 751 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recordedas/in Instrument No. 282593and in Book 1514 at Page520 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt se-cured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and prop-erty in accordance with theterms of said Deed of Trustfor the purpose of raising thesums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees,Substitute Trustee's fees andexpenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RE-CONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:ALL OF LOT 14, BLOCK C,LAKE HILL PARK SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION ACCORDINGTO A MAP OR PLATTHEREOF ON FILE ANDOF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THECHANCERY CLERK OFWARREN COUNTY ATVICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPIIN DEED BOOK 116 ATPAGE 251, REFERENCETO WHICH IS HEREBYMADE IN AID OF AND AS A PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substi-tute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 17th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124068PARCEL No.111201153C015600DHGW 56173G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on July 30,2004, OCTAVIA SMITH executed a Deed of Trust toADAMS & EDENS asTrustee for the benefit ofMORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY ASNOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS, INC., which Deed ofTrust was filed on August 3,2004 and recorded in Book1483 at Page 324 in the Office of the Chancery Clerkof Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recorded inBook 1516 at Page 293 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS,! default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expensesof sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 20, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:ALL OF LOT 15 OF DANIELTAYLOR SUBDIVISION, APLAT WHEREOF ISRECORDED IN PLATBOOK 1 AT PAGE 92 OFTHE RECORDS OF DEEDSOF WARREN COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 15th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0145964PARCEL No.1221231900000900DHGW 57238G-1LLPublish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on July 30,2004, OCTAVIA SMITH executed a Deed of Trust toADAMS & EDENS asTrustee for the benefit ofMORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY ASNOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS, INC., which Deed ofTrust was filed on August 3,2004 and recorded in Book1483 at Page 324 in the Office of the Chancery Clerkof Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument recorded inBook 1516 at Page 293 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS,! default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICINGLP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expensesof sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 20, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:ALL OF LOT 15 OF DANIELTAYLOR SUBDIVISION, APLAT WHEREOF ISRECORDED IN PLATBOOK 1 AT PAGE 92 OFTHE RECORDS OF DEEDSOF WARREN COUNTY,MISSISSIPPI.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 15th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0145964PARCEL No.1221231900000900DHGW 57238G-1LLPublish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

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Statewide Publishing LLCPO Box 768170Roswell, GA 30076SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALE STATEOF MISSISSIPPI COUNTYOF WARREN WHEREAS,on November 7, 1995,Ernest L. Stevenson andWillie Mae Stevenson executed and delivered acertain Deed of Trust untoGreg Fontenot, Trustee forthe benefit of Southern Mortgage Company, to secure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1037,Page 695; and WHEREAS,said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned untoBank One, National Association, as Trustee forcertificateholders of BearStearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series2002-2, by instrumentrecorded in the Office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1340, Page 514; andWHEREAS, the holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedNationwide Trustee Ser-vices, Inc., as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust by instrumentrecorded in the Office of theaforesaid Chancery ClerkBook 1514, Page 695; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof indebtedness secured bysaid Deed of Trust, and theholder of said Deed of Trust,having requested the undersigned so to do, onJanuary 20, 2011, I will, during legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11 o' clock a.m.and 4 o' clock p.m.), at publicoutcry, offer for sale and willsell, at the Front door stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit: Lot 6, inBlock 7, of the resurvey ofBlocks 2 and 7 of the resurvey of MeadowvaleSubdivision, as per plat ofsaid resurvey of record inBook 310 at Page 424 of theland records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi. Title tothe above described propertyis believed to be good, but Iwill convey only such title asis vested in me as Substituted Trustee. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this the 22nd day of December, 2010 StephanieJohnson Stephanie Johnson,Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329 (770)234-9181 1008471MS Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

Statewide Publishing LLCPO Box 768170Roswell, GA 30076SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALE STATEOF MISSISSIPPI COUNTYOF WARREN WHEREAS,on November 7, 1995,Ernest L. Stevenson andWillie Mae Stevenson executed and delivered acertain Deed of Trust untoGreg Fontenot, Trustee forthe benefit of Southern Mortgage Company, to secure an indebtednesstherein described, whichDeed of Trust is recorded inthe office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi in Book 1037,Page 695; and WHEREAS,said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned untoBank One, National Association, as Trustee forcertificateholders of BearStearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series2002-2, by instrumentrecorded in the Office of theaforesaid Chancery Clerk inBook 1340, Page 514; andWHEREAS, the holder ofsaid Deed of Trust substituted and appointedNationwide Trustee Ser-vices, Inc., as Trustee in saidDeed of Trust by instrumentrecorded in the Office of theaforesaid Chancery ClerkBook 1514, Page 695; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the paymentsof indebtedness secured bysaid Deed of Trust, and theholder of said Deed of Trust,having requested the undersigned so to do, onJanuary 20, 2011, I will, during legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11 o' clock a.m.and 4 o' clock p.m.), at publicoutcry, offer for sale and willsell, at the Front door stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, for cash to thehighest bidder, the followingdescribed land and propertysituated in Warren County,Mississippi, to-wit: Lot 6, inBlock 7, of the resurvey ofBlocks 2 and 7 of the resurvey of MeadowvaleSubdivision, as per plat ofsaid resurvey of record inBook 310 at Page 424 of theland records of WarrenCounty, Mississippi. Title tothe above described propertyis believed to be good, but Iwill convey only such title asis vested in me as Substituted Trustee. WITNESS MY SIGNATURE,this the 22nd day of December, 2010 StephanieJohnson Stephanie Johnson,Assistant Vice President Nationwide Trustee Services, Inc. 1587 Northeast ExpresswayAtlanta, GA 30329 (770)234-9181 1008471MS Publish: 12/30, 1/6, 1/13(3t)

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on February 12,2010, ROBERT TAYLOR ANUNMARRIED PERSON executed a Deed of Trust toJ WARD CONVILLE asTrustee for the benefit ofMORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORGRAND BANK OF SAVINGS, FSB, which Deedof Trust was filed on February 16, 2010 andrecorded as Instrument No.275657 in Book 1705 atPage 41 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument filed on October 11, 2010 andrecorded as Instrument No.282595 in Book 1514 atPage 522 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:THAT PART OF LOT 4, INBLOCK 7 OF THE WARRENHEIGHTS SUBDIVISION,PER PLAT OF RECORD INDEED BOOK 116 AT PAGE198 OF THE LANDRECORDS OF THE OFFICEOF THE CHANCERYCLERK OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:THAT PART OF LOT 4, INBLOCK 7 OF THE WARRENHEIGHTS SUBDIVISION,PER PLAT OF RECORD INDEED BOOK 116 AT PAGE198 OF THE LANDRECORDS OF THE OFFICEOF THE CHANCERYCLERK OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGIN AT A POINT IN ANEXISTING CONCRETEWALL MARKING THENORTHWEST CORNER OFLOT 4 OF BLOCK 7 AT TISINTERSECTION WITH THESOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF QUEEN STREETTHENCE FOLLOW THECONCRETE WALL DIVIDI-ING LOTS 3 AND 4 SOUTH46 DEGREES 11 MUNITESWEST FOR 132.2 FEET TOITS INTERSECTION WITHAN EXISTINGCYCLONE/CYPRESSFENCE; THENCE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING FENCE SOUTH36 DEGREES 15 MINUTESEAST FOR 45.5 FEET TO APOINT ON THE EXISTINGEAST LINE OF LOT 4;THENCE FOLLOW A CONCRETE WALL ALONGTHE EAST BOUNDARYNORTH 47 DEGRESS 15MINUTES EAST FOR 141.5FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THESOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF QUEEN STREET;THENCE FOLLOW THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE NORTH 47 DEGREES45 MINUTES WEST FOR 48FEET BACK TO THE POINTBEGINNING.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 17th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124069PARCEL No. 1086-29-300007010200DHGW 56174G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

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SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on February 12,2010, ROBERT TAYLOR ANUNMARRIED PERSON executed a Deed of Trust toJ WARD CONVILLE asTrustee for the benefit ofMORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORGRAND BANK OF SAVINGS, FSB, which Deedof Trust was filed on February 16, 2010 andrecorded as Instrument No.275657 in Book 1705 atPage 41 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, BAC HOMELOANS SERVICING, LPFKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, the current Beneficiary ofsaid Deed of Trust, substituted RECONTRUSTCOMPANY, N.A. as Trusteetherein, as authorized by theterms thereof, as evidencedby an instrument filed on October 11, 2010 andrecorded as Instrument No.282595 in Book 1514 atPage 522 in the Office of theChancery Clerk of WarrenCounty, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, BACHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP FKA COUNTRYWIDEHOME LOANS SERVICING,LP, having requested the undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:THAT PART OF LOT 4, INBLOCK 7 OF THE WARRENHEIGHTS SUBDIVISION,PER PLAT OF RECORD INDEED BOOK 116 AT PAGE198 OF THE LANDRECORDS OF THE OFFICEOF THE CHANCERYCLERK OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:THAT PART OF LOT 4, INBLOCK 7 OF THE WARRENHEIGHTS SUBDIVISION,PER PLAT OF RECORD INDEED BOOK 116 AT PAGE198 OF THE LANDRECORDS OF THE OFFICEOF THE CHANCERYCLERK OF WARRENCOUNTY, MISSISSIPPI,MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGIN AT A POINT IN ANEXISTING CONCRETEWALL MARKING THENORTHWEST CORNER OFLOT 4 OF BLOCK 7 AT TISINTERSECTION WITH THESOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF QUEEN STREETTHENCE FOLLOW THECONCRETE WALL DIVIDI-ING LOTS 3 AND 4 SOUTH46 DEGREES 11 MUNITESWEST FOR 132.2 FEET TOITS INTERSECTION WITHAN EXISTINGCYCLONE/CYPRESSFENCE; THENCE FOLLOWING THE EXISTING FENCE SOUTH36 DEGREES 15 MINUTESEAST FOR 45.5 FEET TO APOINT ON THE EXISTINGEAST LINE OF LOT 4;THENCE FOLLOW A CONCRETE WALL ALONGTHE EAST BOUNDARYNORTH 47 DEGRESS 15MINUTES EAST FOR 141.5FEET TO THE INTERSECTION WITH THESOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE OF QUEEN STREET;THENCE FOLLOW THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAYLINE NORTH 47 DEGREES45 MINUTES WEST FOR 48FEET BACK TO THE POINTBEGINNING.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature onthis 17th day of November,2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124069PARCEL No. 1086-29-300007010200DHGW 56174G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

24. BusinessServices

01. Legals

SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on June 17,2005, VERA G WILLIAMSexecuted a Deed of Trust toJOHN J OWENS as Trusteefor the benefit of MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORAMERITRUST MORTGAGECOMPANY, which Deed ofTrust was filed on August 12,2005 and recorded as Instrument No. 224844 inBook 1547 at Page 376 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, THE BANK OFNEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS,INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,SERIES2006-20, the current Beneficiary of said Deed ofTrust, substituted RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee therein, asauthorized by the termsthereof, as evidenced by aninstrument recorded as Instrument No. 282591 in Book 1514 at Page 518 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANKOF NEW YORK, ASTRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS,INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,SERIES2006-20, having requestedthe undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:THAT PART OF SECTION9, TOWNSHIP 16, RANGE 4EAST, BEGINNING AT APOINT MARKING THENORTHEAST CORNER OFPROPERTY INHERITED BYMARY A. WOODS, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH363 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ROSIESESSION BY DEED EXECUTED BY MRS. M.A.WOODS BEARING DATEOF APRIL 1, 1921,RECORDED IN BOOK 148PAGE 317 OF THE LANDRECORDS IN THE OFFICEOF THE CLERK OF THECHANCERY COURT OFWARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; THENCENORTH 76 DEGREESWEST ALONG THE NORTHLINE OF SAID SESSIONSPROPERTY 746 FEET TOTHE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SESSIONS PROPERTY; THENCENORTH TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OFLAND FORMERLY OWNEDBY MARY A. WOODS ADJOINING THE ODDHAYES PLACE; THENCEIN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THENORTHWEST CORNER TOTHE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY FORMERLYOWNED BY THE SAIDMARY A. WOODS, CONTAINING 8 1/2 ACRES,AND BEING THE SAMEPROPERTY CONVEYEDTO DELLA FLOWERS BURRIS FROM WILLIE G.THOMAS BY DEED DATEDSEPTEMBER 1, 1934, RECORDED IN BOOK 192,PAGE 294 OF THE WARREN COUNTY LAND RECORDS.LESS AND EXCEPT THATPART CONVEYED TO J.C.FLETCHER BY DEED DATED AUGUST 13, 1947,RECORDED IN BOOK 263,PAGE 540 OF THE WARREN COUNTY LANDRECORDS.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature on this 8th day of November, 2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124064PARCEL No. 0863-09-9999-002700DHGW 56169G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)


SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE'SNOTICE OF SALEWHEREAS, on June 17,2005, VERA G WILLIAMSexecuted a Deed of Trust toJOHN J OWENS as Trusteefor the benefit of MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FORAMERITRUST MORTGAGECOMPANY, which Deed ofTrust was filed on August 12,2005 and recorded as Instrument No. 224844 inBook 1547 at Page 376 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, THE BANK OFNEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK,AS TRUSTEE FOR THECERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS,INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,SERIES2006-20, the current Beneficiary of said Deed ofTrust, substituted RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. as Trustee therein, asauthorized by the termsthereof, as evidenced by aninstrument recorded as Instrument No. 282591 in Book 1514 at Page 518 inthe Office of the ChanceryClerk of Warren County, Mississippi; andWHEREAS, default havingbeen made in the terms andconditions of said Deed ofTrust, and the entire debt secured thereby having beendeclared to be due andpayable, and the legal holderof said indebtedness, THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANKOF NEW YORK, ASTRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSCWABS,INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES,SERIES2006-20, having requestedthe undersigned SubstituteTrustee to execute the trustand sell said land and property in accordance withthe terms of said Deed ofTrust for the purpose of raising the sums due thereunder, together with attorney's fees, SubstituteTrustee's fees and expenses of sale.NOW, THEREFORE, RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., Substitute Trustee, willon January 27, 2011, offerfor sale at public outcry tothe highest bidder for cash,within legal hours (betweenthe hours of 11:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.) at the front stepsof the Warren County Courthouse in Vicksburg,Mississippi, the following-described property:THAT PART OF SECTION9, TOWNSHIP 16, RANGE 4EAST, BEGINNING AT APOINT MARKING THENORTHEAST CORNER OFPROPERTY INHERITED BYMARY A. WOODS, RUNNING THENCE SOUTH363 FEET TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OFTHE PROPERTY CONVEYED TO ROSIESESSION BY DEED EXECUTED BY MRS. M.A.WOODS BEARING DATEOF APRIL 1, 1921,RECORDED IN BOOK 148PAGE 317 OF THE LANDRECORDS IN THE OFFICEOF THE CLERK OF THECHANCERY COURT OFWARREN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; THENCENORTH 76 DEGREESWEST ALONG THE NORTHLINE OF SAID SESSIONSPROPERTY 746 FEET TOTHE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SESSIONS PROPERTY; THENCENORTH TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OFLAND FORMERLY OWNEDBY MARY A. WOODS ADJOINING THE ODDHAYES PLACE; THENCEIN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THENORTHWEST CORNER TOTHE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY FORMERLYOWNED BY THE SAIDMARY A. WOODS, CONTAINING 8 1/2 ACRES,AND BEING THE SAMEPROPERTY CONVEYEDTO DELLA FLOWERS BURRIS FROM WILLIE G.THOMAS BY DEED DATEDSEPTEMBER 1, 1934, RECORDED IN BOOK 192,PAGE 294 OF THE WARREN COUNTY LAND RECORDS.LESS AND EXCEPT THATPART CONVEYED TO J.C.FLETCHER BY DEED DATED AUGUST 13, 1947,RECORDED IN BOOK 263,PAGE 540 OF THE WARREN COUNTY LANDRECORDS.RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A. will convey only such title as vested in it as Substitute Trustee.WITNESS my signature on this 8th day of November, 2010RECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082Telephone No. (800) 281-8219By: /s/ Anthony CannonTitle: Authorized SignerRECONTRUST COMPANY,N.A., SUBSTITUTETRUSTEE2380 Performance Dr, TX2-984-0407Richardson, TX 75082TS No.: 10 -0124064PARCEL No. 0863-09-9999-002700DHGW 56169G-2LLPublish: 1/6, 1/13, 1/20(3t)

02. Public Service

ADULT, SPAYED/NEUTERED indoor catsavailable to Good IndoorHomes. 601-456-4113.

FREE TO GOODHOMES. Special long-haired breed kittens. 2 fe-males, 1 male. Litter boxtrained. Beautiful, must see!601-638-7612.

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05. Notices

Center ForPregnancy ChoicesFree Pregnancy Tests

(non-medical facility)· Education on All

Options· Confidential Coun-

selingCall 601-638-2778

for apptwww.vicksburgpregnan-

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ENDING HOMELESS-NESS. WOMEN with chil-dren or without are you inneed of shelter? Mountainof Faith Ministries/ Wom-en's Restoration Shelter.Certain restrictions apply,601-661-8990. Life coach-ing available by appoint-ment.

Is the one youlove

hurting you?Call

Haven House FamilyShelter

601-638-0555 or1-800-898-0860

Services available towomen & children who are

victims of domestic violence and/or homeless: Shelter, coun-seling, group support.(Counseling available by

appt.)

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RunawayAre you 12 to 17?Alone? Scared?

Call 601-634-0640 any-time or 1-800-793-8266

We can help!One child,

one day at a time.

06. Lost & Found

2 DOGS FOUNDFound on Fort Hill Drive

Female Boxer, MaleMiniature Doberman

Pincher/ Chihuahua, havebeen brought to VicksburgWarren Humane Society.

FOUND! BLACK MEDI-UM sized dog, 61 South In-tersection by Murphy's Ex-

press. 601-618-0983.

FOUND!MALE BEAGLE. TAN,

wearing collar, found in theFisher Ferry/ Grange HallRoad area. Call The Vicks-burg/ Warren Humane Soci-ety, 601-636-6631.

FOUND!YELLOW LABRADOR.

YOUNG male, wearing fad-ed canvas collar. Call 601-636-5963.

LOST A DOG? Found a cat? Let The

Vicksburg Post help! Run a FREE 3 day ad!

601-636-SELL or e-mail classifieds@vicksburg

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LOST!MALE BOYKIN

SPANIEL. Wearing camou-flage collar, missing fromGlenwood Circle area. 601-316-0742, 601-573-3676.

LOST!MALE YELLOW

LABRADOR. 2- 3 years old,wearing red collar, missingfrom Tucker Road/ Open-wood Plantation vicinity.601-634-8861.

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310.46 acres Freetown Road, Bovina area.

Rolling pasture, beautiful house site. $55,000.321.52 acres China

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07. Help Wanted

“ACE”Truck Driver Training

With a DifferenceJob Placement Asst.

Day, Night & RefresherClasses

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HAIR STYLIST NEEDEDat Heads Up Salon. $100per week booth rental.

601-634-1610.

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11 am- 1 pm.

PART TIME SECRE-TARY needed. $8 /hour.

Call 601-636-1477.

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12. Schools &Instruction

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14. Pets &Livestock

GERMAN SHEPHERDAKC puppies. 1 female, 3males. Call 601-529-9590.

VICKSBURG WARRENHUMANE SOCIETY

Highway 61 South601-636-6631

Currently has30 puppies& dogs

39 cats & kittensavailable for adoption.

Call the Shelter for more information.

Please adopt today!

Foster aHomeless

Pet!

www.pawsrescuepets.org

PURE BREED MALE Bea-gle puppy. Wormed, 8 weeks

old. 601-638-3203.

15. AuctionLOOKING FOR A great

value? Subscribe to TheVicksburg Post, 601-636-4545, ask for Circulation.

17. Wanted ToBuy

$ I BUY JUNK CARS $I will pickup your junk car

and pay you cash today! Call 601-618-6441.

I PAY TOP dollar forjunk vehicles. Call

601-218-0038.

WE HAUL OFF old appli-ances, lawn mowers, hot waterheaters, junk and abandonedcars, trucks, vans, etcetera.601-940-5075, if no answer,please leave message.


18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

10X10 CANOPY BED.Like new. $100. 601-529-1551.

2 TWIN BEDS. New mat-tress sets, sheets, blankets,spreads, 2 valances, neverslept on. $500. 601-529-1551.

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delivered to your home.Only $14 per month,

7 day delivery.Call 601-636-4545,

Circulation Department.

OAK FIREWOOD. PICK up or delivery.

601-631-4002.

PACE SAVER ESPREE 3Wheel Scooter with lift, fits intovehicle receiving hitch, worksoff vehicle battery. Great con-dition, two brand new batter-ies. Will NOT sale separate,

$800. 601-630-3327.

THE PET SHOP“Vicksburg’s Pet Boutique”3508 South Washington Street

DOGGIE SWEATERS ARE HERE!A VARIETYOF SIZES,

STYLES& COLORS!

COME INFOR A

FITTING!

REFRIGERATED TRUEBRAND single glass door

cooler. 62'' tall 25'' wide. Runsgood, $200. 601-636-3193

18. Miscellaneou sFor Sale

SCAG WILDCAT. 1 own-er, 25 horse power, 52 inchcut, only 681 hours. Excel-lent condition. $4000. 601-218-4317.

USED TIRES! LIGHTtrucks and SUV's, 16's,17's, 18's, 19's, 20's. A fewmatching sets! Call TD's,601-638-3252.

USING YOUR TAX re-fund to buy new furniture/computer/ electronics?Make room by selling youritems with a classified ad!Call 601-636-7355.

WASHER/ DRYER,WHITE, heavy duty, good

condition. $300 set.601-636-3193.

19. Garage &Yard Sales

930 BURNT HOUSE Road,Friday 7am-5pm, Saturday7am- 12pm, furniture, dishes,miscellaneous.

STILL HAVE STUFF after your Garage Sale?Donate your items to

The Salvation Army, we pick-up!

Call 601-636-2706.

What's going on inVicksburg this weekend?Read The Vicksburg Post!

For convenient home deliv-ery call 601-636-4545, ask

for circulation.

21. Boats,Fishing Supplies

What's going on in Vicks-burg this weekend? ReadThe Vicksburg Post! Forconvenient home delivery,call 601-636-4545, ask forcirculation.


AFFORDABLE PAINTING-NEW Year's Special! Mostrooms $150! Quality work,References. 601-218-0263.

• BankruptcyChapter 7 and 13

• Social Seurity Disability• No-fault Divorce

Toni Walker TerrettAttorney At Law

601-636-1109

FREE ESTIMATESTREY GORDON

ROOFING & RESTORATION•Roof & Home Repair

(all types!)•30 yrs exp •1,000’s of ref

Licensed • Insured601-618-0367 • 601-456-4133


LEAVES, GUTTERSCLEANED, hedgestrimmed. 601-218-4415.

River City Lawn CareYou grow it - we mow it!Affordable and profes-

sional. Lawn and land-scape maintenance. Cut, bag, trim, edge.

601-529-6168.

SEWING AND ALTER-ATIONS. References avail-able. 601-618-8757.

27. Room s ForRent

EXECUTIVE BEDROOMSUITE. Fully furnished. Call for details and price.

601-278-3403.

28. FurnishedApartments$700 MONTHLY STUDIO.

$900 1 bedroom townhouse.Utilities/ Cable/ Laundry.

Weekly cleaning. On-SiteManager. 601-661-9747.

COMPLETELY FUR-NISHED. 1 Bedroom or stu-dio apartment. All utilitiespaid. Includes cable, internetand laundry room. $750 -$900 a month. 601-415-9027or 601-638-4386.

DUPLEX2 bedroom $950 monthly. 3

bedroom $1,150 monthly. Fur-nished includes water, electric.

Deposit required. 601-218-5348.


Make us your HOME, We make Life EASY!

We have it ALL!Paid cable, water

& trash, we furnish washer/ dryer & microwave.

Ask about our SPECIAL!Call NOW!!

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CONFEDERATE RIDGE

780 Highway 61 North

New Year’s Special One MonthFREE rent!


1 BEDROOM- $425, 2bedrooms- $425, both allelectric, water, stove, refrig-erator furnished, $200 de-posit. Plus 3 bedroom du-plex- $450, $200 deposit.601-634-8290.

1-2 BEDROOMapartments for lease.

Central HVAC, off-streetparking, no smoking,

references/ depositrequired. Starting at$475/mo. Private.

601-638-9876.

BEAUTIFULLAKESIDE LIVING

• 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts.• Beautifully Landscaped

• Lake Surrounds Community• Pool • Fireplace

• Spacious Floor Plans601-629-6300

www.thelandingsvicksburg.com501 Fairways Drive

Vicksburg

Voted #1 Apartments in the2009 Reader’s Choice

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605 Cain Ridge Rd.Vicksburg, MS

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601-638-2231

NICE 2 BEDROOMApartment. Good view ofriver. $330 monthly. Call601-638-5832. 601-831-

0975.


30. HousesFor Rent

3 BEDROOMS, 1½ BATH,very private location, $675monthly plus deposit. Seri-ous inquiries. 601-415-0784.

3614 SECURITYSTREET. 2 bedroom, 1

bath. $525 monthly, deposit/ references.

601-636-6859.

EAGLE LAKE. 3 bed-rooms, 2 baths, mostly fur-

nished, on lake. $1,200monthly, deposit, refer-ences, lease required.

601-218-5348.

31. Mobile HomesFor Rent

14X70, 2 BEDROOMS,on private lot in county loca-tion, garden space. Call fordetails. 601-636-2489.

MEADOWBROOKPROPERTIES. 2 or 3 bed-room mobile homes, southcounty. Deposit required.

601-619-9789.

32. Mobile HomesFor Sale

2008 16X80 CLAYTON,$28,000. Eat off the floorsclean! 601-572-5300, 601-750-5069.

28X60 MOBILE OFFICES,Classrooms, portable church

and other uses. 601-218-5656, 601-218-2582.

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34. HousesFor Sale

AskUs.

2150 South Frontage Road bkbank.comMember FDIC

! FHA & VA! Conventional! Construction! First -timeHomebuyers

Candy FranciscoMortgage Originator

MortgageLoans601.630.8209

Open Hours:Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:30pm

601-634-89282170 S. I-20 Frontage Rd.

www.ColdwellBanker.comwww.homesofvicksburg.net

Rental includingCorporate Apartments

Available

McMillinReal Estate601-636-8193

VicksburgRealEstate.com

Mary D. Barnes.........601-966-1665Stacie Bowers-Griffin...601-218-9134Jill Waring Upchurch....601-906-5012Carla Watson...............601-415-4179Judy Uzzle-Ashley....601-994-4663Andrea Upchurch.......601-831-6490Broker, GRI

601-636-6490

Licensed inMS and LA

Jones & UpchurchReal Estate Agency

1803 Clay Streetwww.jonesandupchurch.com

34. HousesFor Sale

3719 PARKVIEW: Move inready. Attractive 2 bedroomhome. Central heat/ air. WardReal Estate 601-634-6898.

REDUCED--Warren Centralarea great 4 br, 2 ba homeon approx 1 acre. Updatedwith ceramic in kitchen andbaths, new carpet in bed-

rooms, new wood laminatein large den. Includes

12x20 wired workshop. Formore information or appt.

call 601-415-3022.

Kay Odom..........601-638-2443Kay Hobson.......601-638-8512Jake Strait...........601-218-1258Bob Gordon........601-831-0135Tony Jordan........601-630-6461Alex Monsour.....601-415-7274Jay Hobson..........601-456-1318Kai Mason...........601-218-5623Daryl Hollingsworth..601-415-5549

Sybil Caraway....601-218-2869Catherine Roy....601-831-5790Mincer Minor.....601-529-0893Jim Hobson.........601-415-0211

AARRNNEERRRREEAALL EESSTTAATTEE,, IINNCCV

JIM HOBSONREALTOR®•BUILDER•APPRAISER

601-636-0502

36. Farms &Acreage

HORSES! 30+ ACRES7 stalls, apartment, lake,Bolton-Edwards on I-20.

$850. 601-618-2727

37. RecreationalVehicles

2002 HONDA XR 50 Dirtbike Youth/ Kids, 4 stroke

$600. 601-529-7934.

40. Cars & Trucks

1990 TOYOTA CELICA2.2 engine.$350. 1997 Toy-ota 4Runner 4 cylinder en-gine, automatic transmis-sion $350 motor $350.

601-634-8640.

1998 FORD WINDSTARVan Clean, one owner,$3,500. 601-638-1752.

2005 BLACK MAXIMA,Sunroof, Very Clean.

$10,900 Includes Warran-ty. 601-630-5727, 601-636-

2458.

After Christmas Sale-A-Thon!

‘98 Malibu - $728 Down‘01 Cavalier - $728 Down

‘03 Alero - $879 Down‘00 Explorer - $879 Down

Gary’s Cars -Hwy 61 S

601-882-9995Garysefl.co

NEEDS A GOOD HOME4 door Chevy Malibu forsale. Needs a little TLC$4,000 Or Best Offer. Call601-529-9448.

USING YOUR TAX re-fund to buy a new car/ truckor SUV? Sell your old vehi-cle with a classified ad. Call601-636-7355.

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